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The president initially proposed overhauling — and halving — the funding for a stable of benefits that includes housing vouchers, which serve about 2.4 million low-income households.
Democrats and Republicans adopted a funding deal in late January that provisioned $79 billion for the agency, a slight increase from 2025.
Some of the cuts, including federal support for the organization that funds NPR, were sustained by Congress in recent months, which helped to lower the overall amount spent by the government in 2026.
The Trump administration did not “get a big nominal cut in spending” in Congress for the 2026 fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30.
That includes rescinding about $14 billion that lawmakers adopted for foreign aid and public broadcasting last year.
The donation was never made, Columbia said.
Mr. Epstein subsequently gave $100,000 to a public health project run by the dean of the dental college at the time, Dr. Ira B. Lamster, and $50,000 to the dental school’s annual fund in Ms. Shuliak’s honor, the Justice Department documents show.
He paid for Ms. Shuliak’s dental school tuition and other courses.
Tom’s leadership has been instrumental in shaping Hyatt’s strategy and long-term growth, and we thank him for his service and dedication to Hyatt.
Thomas J. Pritzker, citing an Epstein connection, stepped down as Hyatt’s executive chairman.
Free entry and showy cocktails (from $21) make it a great spot for date night, or for solo travelers looking to mingle.
A typical entree runs around $55 — but it’s the raucous, late-night shows involving feathered dancers and horn players strolling between tables that sets Delilah apart.
Fontainebleau bills its second-floor bar Nowhere as a speakeasy, though the venue feels more Park Avenue than PDT, the underground lair in New York’s East Village that helped kick off the secret bar craze in 2007.
Amanda’s Good Morning Café is open at 8 a.m.
Mr. Mango is a market that’s open 24 hours.
Josie’s stays open until 4.
Twenty-four-hour coffee shops and diners, the last refuges of vagabonds, are dying.
Now restaurants drop their grates well before midnight.
The post office on East Broadway closes at 5.
The UPS store charges $6.50 per card for postage.
Recently analyzed in Economy
While some price increases stemmed from tariffs on imports, other factors like housing and food costs played a larger role.
June inflation hit its highest level since February, fueled by Trump's tariffs increasing prices on various goods.
Prices are now starting to rise because of tariffs.
The risk is that investors begin to doubt that the United States will pay back its debts and start demanding higher interest rates, stunting borrowing across the economy.
The New York Times
The country is still on track to borrow what economists consider an alarming amount of money in the coming years.
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