Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThat would take the budget down to about $5.7 billion, its lowest level in 40 years, adjusted for inflation. administrator, Scott Pruitt, who has himself spoken out against some of the core missions of the agency he leads, went to the White House to request a smaller cut after the White House budget office first presented him its preferred spending level. Instead, the White House slashed his budget down even further, to about $5.7 billion. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Trump’s proposed cuts to the E.P.A. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe proposed State Department cuts, which leaked this month, have already created a backlash among some Capitol Hill Republicans.

Source: New York Times March 15, 2017 21:14 UTC