| President Trump has signed off on top-line numbers in a budget outline that seeks to make good on his campaign promises to bolster military spending while making deep cuts to other federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency. The White House said the budget proposal will include a $54 billion increase in defense spending and an equivalent cut in non-defense, discretionary spending. That would mean a roughly 5% decrease from the current discretionary budget of $1.064 trillion. Trump said Monday he will lay out more detail during a prime-time joint address to Congress on Tuesday.
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