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A White House budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 would reduce NASA's funding by about 25%, from about $24 billion to about $18.8 billion.

The U.S. Department of Justice traditionally maintains a degree of independence from the White House in investigations and prosecutions to help insulate those functions from partisan politics.

In 2025, the White House stated that the president has lawful authority to deploy federal forces to protect federal officers and federal assets amid violent riots or lawlessness.

The White House's 2025 20-point proposal for Gaza included an immediate end to hostilities once both sides accept, a pullback of Israeli forces to a designated 'initial line' inside Gaza to allow hostage handovers, and suspension of military operations during those transfers.

The White House's 2025 20-point proposal specified that all 48 hostages, living and deceased, would be returned within 72 hours of both sides publicly accepting the agreement.

The White House's 2025 20-point proposal called for Israel to release roughly 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences and about 1,700 Gaza residents detained since the war began in exchange for returning hostages.

A White House webpage listed total investment commitments at $8.8 trillion in 2025.

Stephen Miller is the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and serves as a Homeland Security advisor.

In November 2023, Stephen Miller, then White House deputy chief of staff, said a second Trump administration would order National Guard units from Republican-led states to carry out immigration arrests or operations in Democrat-run states that refuse to cooperate with mass deportation efforts.

Off-year election cycles in the United States tend to disadvantage the political party that holds the presidency.