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DOGE defeat: Congress has rejected most of Trump’s spending cuts

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin to announce the EPA will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

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President Trump and his DOGE swung for the fences last year in calling for big spending cuts, but with Congress now done with most of the 2026 budget bills, it’s become clear he barely got the ball in play.

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By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

One in 10 lawmakers will leave Congress at the end of the year, the most retirements in more than three decades.

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West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey speaks at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)

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