President Donald Trump is requesting billions of dollars in funding for infrastructure improvement projects and law enforcement presence across Washington, D.C.

The Office of Management and Budget’s budget proposal for fiscal 2027 largely asks Congress to focus on boosting the Department of War’s budget and cutting spending among many other federal agencies. But the president’s vision to make D.C. “safe and beautiful again” gave many programs across the capital a pass from the domestic spending cuts in the budget request.

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