Politics

The New York Times analyzed spending across the 11 appropriations bills adopted by Congress, primarily using early data furnished by Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee and a set of outside groups, including Penn Wharton to come to the preliminary budget estimates.

Mr. Trump had originally recommended about $163 billion in deep spending cuts, targeting primarily domestic programs.

Congress has rejected much of that vision nearly one year later.

Congress is on track to approve more than $1.6 trillion in discretionary spending for 2026, amounting to little change from the previous fiscal year, according to a preliminary analysis of federal budget records by the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan research organization.

Lawmakers rejected some of the president’s most aggressive attempts to whittle down the government in a series of deals over the past three months.

Congress has left intact a large set of federal programs that the White House tried to slash or eliminate this fiscal year.

In his will, he left her $100 million.

Columbia University has punished two people affiliated with its dental college after documents released by the Justice Department revealed that they had bypassed the normal process to help Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend gain admission.

Over the past couple of weeks, dozens of Los Angeles leaders and clients of Mr. Wasserman’s firm, including high-profile performers and athletes, have condemned him for his association with Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell and expressed concerns, both about being represented by his agency and about having him represent Los Angeles for the 2028 Games.

The mayor’s remarks on CNN, however, indicated that the fallout might not have ended yet.

“The board made a decision,” Ms. Bass said.

“I think that decision was unfortunate. I don’t support the decision. I do think that we need to look at the leadership.

However, my job as mayor of Los Angeles is to make sure that our city is completely prepared to have the best Olympics that has ever happened in Olympic history.”

They followed a damaging tabloid report in 2024 that accused Mr. Wasserman of having numerous extramarital affairs, including with employees.

“I do have an opinion. My opinion is that he should step down.”

Ms. Bass, a Democrat, is the highest-ranking elected official to call on Mr. Wasserman to step aside, and her rebuke runs counter to the position of Olympics organizers, who gave him a vote of confidence last week to have him remain as chairman.

“I cannot fire him,” the mayor told CNN, noting that only the nonprofit board of directors that oversees the Los Angeles Olympics can replace him.

Mayor Karen Bass is the latest official to call on him to step down.

The chairman, Casey Wasserman, has faced criticism ever since his name surfaced in the Epstein files.

Epstein’s disturbing photographs and some of his coded language to describe girls left me with a gaping discomfort.