Newsblog on US politics
Trump plans savings in a three -digit billion dollar height
Updated on 02.05.2025 – 10:48 a.m.Reading time: 11 min.
US President Donald Trump plans budget shortages in the three-digit billion dollar height. Saving is saved in renewable energies, for example. All developments in the news blog.
US President Donald Trump plans savings in the height of a three-digit billion dollar amount. The plans are to be published on Friday and the congress is sent, said a government official in Washington.
Accordingly, the draft also sees cuts worth over $ 160 billion in the areas of environment, renewable energies, education and foreign aid, as the “Wall Street Journal” reported, citing government employees. Trump wants to save, for example, the Broadcasters National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Trump had advertised in the election campaign to reduce the government. With the help of the Efficiency Authority Doge led by billionaire Elon Musk, several authorities have already been closed and tens of thousands of employees were released. However, Musk has announced his retreat and did research that his previous work caused damage of 135 billion euros.
The annual budget application of the White House contains economic forecasts and detailed suggestions on how much money is to be spent on the financial year 2026 starting on October 1st.
In the United States, a significantly higher customs set on parcels from China will apply from Friday. For small parcel shipments, the surcharge of 30 to 90 percent triples. President Donald Trump ordered this by decree at the beginning of April. This means that the US government is primarily against online retailers such as Temu and Shein, which are sending numerous goods to the USA.
The new customs duty applies to deliveries with a goods value below $ 800. For a long time they were completely except for tariffs. Trump has been a tough course against China since the beginning of his second term. The tariffs he imposed on the People’s Republic add up to 145 percent, China in turn imposed high counter -tariffs.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the government is examining the discussions made by the USA. “We have noted that US representatives of the will expressed to talk to China about tariffs,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce when asked about a report. You check the US offers. Beijing’s attitude is unchanged. “When we fight, we will fight to the end. When we speak, the door is open,” said the ministry spokesman.
A federal judge prevented the Trump government from taking further measures to dissolve the Federal Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The unification of American libraries had sued the measure. Richard Leon, judge at the US district court in Washington, wrote that the Trump government most likely violated the law by letting about 75 employees, dismissing the board and stringing the grants for libraries and museums across the country. Leon also said that the lawsuit had a high probability of success.
“The flat -rate deletion of grants and services and the mass layoffs seem to violate the clear legal requirements of the Museum and Library Services Act,” wrote Leon. “In addition, the behavior of the defendant violates the funds approved by the congress of almost $ 300 million for imls. The plaintiffs should therefore be able to prove that the measures of the defendant to unilateral the IMLS will at least violate the Administrative Process Act.”
In the event of a judicial stop for protective status cancellation, the US government has been pulled by the Supreme Court for more than 350,000 Venezuelans. In a urgency application submitted on Thursday, Attorney General John Sauer appealed against the government project previously stopped by a federal judge at the Supreme Court. The government of US President Donald Trump denounces it, among other things, “a typical case of appropriation essential privileges by a judge”.
In March, a federal judge in California temporarily suspended the Minister of Homeland Protection Minister Kristi Noem to abolish deportation protection for Venezuelan citizens.
US Vice President JD Vance has asked Pakistan and India to work against Islamic extremists in a TV interview. “We hope that India will react to this terrorist attack in a way that does not lead to a larger regional conflict,” said Vance in an interview in the FOX news show “Special Report with Bret Baier”. The US government hopes that Pakistan “to the extent to which it is responsible” will work with India to combat terrorists on Pakistani territory. In the Kashmir Valley in northern India, 26 tourists were specifically killed by attackers last week. According to Indian authorities, at least some of them are said to have been Pakistaner. India has long accused its neighboring country of supporting Islamic extremists.