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NEW: President Trump asked lawmakers to cut more than $9 billion in funding for the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio and foreign aid from this year’s budget, an attempt to write into law some of the so-called "DOGE cuts." w/Erik Wasson bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: The White House forcefully rejected a congressional watchdog’s opinion that found the Trump administration illegally delayed funding for electric vehicle infrastructure, setting the stage for a broader constitutional clash over federal spending powers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: Federal employees ordered back to their offices under Donald Trump are now temporarily welcome to work from home to make way for parade preparations as the US Army marks its 250th birthday in Washington on Saturday. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The CFTC was on board with reducing its real estate footprint, saving taxpayers millions of dollars. But now it's found itself stymied by construction delays and conflicting mandates from the White House. w/ Lydia Beyoud and Natalie Wong bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The Social Security trust fund will become unable to pay scheduled benefits to retirees and the disabled as soon as 2034, new projections show — one year earlier than last year’s estimates w/ Gregory Korte bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

BREAKING: Early results showed Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani with an eight-point lead over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, with more than two thirds of voting machines reporting. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Zohran Mamdani is poised to become the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City after the 33-year-old democratic socialist forced Andrew Cuomo to concede within hours after polls closed. w/Laura Nahmias Nacha Cattan bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

President Donald Trump’s budget director is preparing to escalate the administration’s fight over federal spending with a little-tested tactic to claw back money in the last days of the fiscal year. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Andrew Cuomo’s loss is Eric Adams’ gain. My latest on the New York City mayor's race with Laura Nahmias and Nacha Cattan. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: Donald Trump won back the White House in 2024 with the help of a racially diverse group of inconsistent voters — not necessarily by changing their minds, but by just getting them to show up. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: The Trump administration is asking consulting firms to justify their federal contracts as part of far-reaching efforts to reduce waste in federal spending, according to a letter obtained by Bloomberg News. w/ Keith Laing bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: At a Manhattan power lunch this week, nervous Wall Street donors pressed Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin about whether Zohran Mamdani means that the party is embracing democratic socialism. w/Todd Gillespie Sridhar Natarajan bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

R.I.P. the Cobra. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates say Hall of Famer Dave Parker has died at 74.

Federal employees have taken more than 7 million flight segments on government business this fiscal year. Here are the most common routes, according to General Services Administration data. (Corrected chart.) Via the Washington Edition newsletter: bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Elon Musk's public approval rating has taken a beating since splitting with Donald Trump. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: Federal officials pressuring Harvard University over allegations of mishandling antisemitism on campus considered an unprecedented tactic to force compliance: placing a lien on school property. -- with Janet Lorin bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Here's how Texas Republicans hope to squeeze three or more additional GOP congressional seats out of the Lone Star state: Republican districts will get less red, and Democratic districts will flip red or get deeper blue. by Joe Lovinger bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said that it will begin to wind down operations after President Donald Trump signed a package of spending cuts that ended its federal funding. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…