Congress has "systematically brushed off many of Mr. Trump’s most severe cuts for this fiscal year, leaving intact a vast set of federal education, health, housing and research programs that the White House had tried to slash or eliminate":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/us/politics/trump-congress-budget-cuts.html
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Trump Sought Vast Budget Cuts. Congress Granted Few.

In a series of deals over the past three months, lawmakers rejected some of the president’s most aggressive attempts to whittle down the government.

The New York Times