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Daybreak April 6: Dems decry Trump’s rural cuts in budget plan

04/06/26 9:29 AM By Kim Chipman, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks
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Democrats are denouncing President Donald Trump’s request for Congress to slash USDA’s budget by $4.9 billion and boost defense funding to the highest level in decades at $1.5 trillion.

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