Trump Administration's Fy 2026 "Skinny Budget" Signals Shift in Energy Priorities

Department of Energy (DOE), the budget reflects a targeted reorientation of funding toward technologies that align with the administration's energy, industrial and national security priorities.

The Office of Nuclear Energy would see a $408 million (24 percent) cut, with remaining funding focused on what the administration deems "essential" to national nuclear leadership.

The budget criticizes past ARPA-E projects as emblematic of federal overreach into speculative technologies.

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