President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal calls for ramping up U.S. defense spending to $1.5 trillion, a shift that would come alongside deep reductions to domestic programs — including those that support tribal governments, Native businesses and essential services in Indian Country.
The administration’s FY2027 budget proposes hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to tribal programs — from housing and Native lending to key health programs — echoing reductions Congress rejected in last year’s appropriations process.
The proposal outlines a broad rebalancing of federal priorities, increasing funding while cutting or restructuring programs tied to housing, health care, economic development and infrastructure. Tribal programs receive little direct attention in the administration’s budget narrative, but the underlying policy changes would reach across nearly…
