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Trump budget would cut Strategic Petroleum Reserve, slash drilling payments to Gulf states

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President Trump’s proposed budget would cut the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve by half, slash oil drilling royalty payments to Gulf states and take other steps as part of a broader plan to bring down federal deficits.

The White House’s proposed fiscal year 2018 spending plan says the government could bring …