Ships are in, electric vehicles are out, and space technology is useful — if it puts astronauts on the moon — according to President Donald Trump’s new budget plan.
Trump asked Congress Friday to fund a $2.2 trillion budget for fiscal 2027, including $1.5 trillion for the Defense Department. The defense sum is about $440 billion more than what lawmakers enacted for fiscal 2026 and would be the largest single-year increase since World War II. Non-defense spending would drop about $73 billion, or 10%.
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Lawmakers are unlikely to enact ...