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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

Trump Asks Congress For Massive Counterterrorism Budget Targeting 'Anti-Americanism' And Ideological Dissent Across US

Dozens of Epstein case files linked to allegations involving a 13-year-old accuser and Donald Trump remain unreleased by the US Justice Department. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

The Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request, submitted to Congress on 4 April 2026, funds a new FBI-led centre dedicated to monitoring Americans for ideological beliefs that the federal government has classified as markers of potential domestic terrorism.

Buried inside the $12.5 billion (approximately £9.6 billion) FBI spending request is formal funding for a newly operational 'NSPM-7 Joint Mission Centre,' a multi-agency unit tasked with 'proactively' identifying Americans the government considers domestic terrorists.

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