Military spending plans would also see $163bn cuts in non-defense spending \u2013 key US politics stories from Friday 2 May at a glance<\/p>\n
The Trump administration is considering cuts worth $163bn to departments including health and education as well as environmental schemes while increasing spending on defense, according to a White House budget blueprint.<\/p>\n
In contrast to the squeeze on discretionary social programmes, the administration is planning a 13% rise \u2013 to more than $1tn \u2013 in the Pentagon budget, a commitment at odds with Donald Trump\u2019s frequent vows to end the US\u2019s involvement in \u201cforever wars\u201d in the Middle East and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
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