Trump expected to ask for $2 billion in funding for border wall, make cuts to medicare, medicaid, and social security in 2020 budget

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• President Trump is expected to announce his FY 2021 budget on Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported. 
• The president will reportedly ask for $2 billion for his border wall, less than half of what he requested in 2019, which led to the longest government shutdown in US history. 
• There are funding changes to agencies across the board, including a 12% increase to NASA and a 26% decrease to the EPA.
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President Donald Trump on Monday is expected to unveil his latest budget, a $4.8 trillion proposal that will ask Congress for $2 billion for his long-promised border wall, will raise military spending, and will propose cuts to social safety-net programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. 

According to a report Sunday from The Wall Street Journal, a senior Trump administration official said the president has plans to increase military spending $740.5 billion beginning in FY 2021, an increase of 0.3%. 

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