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President Trump’s first major budget proposal will include sweeping cuts to Medicaid, federal pensions and food stamps, according to new reports. The Washington Post reports that Trump’s budget will include $800 billion in Medicaid cuts over the next 10 years, which would cause 10 million low-income people to lose health benefits. The White House will also give states more flexibility to i

Former House Speaker MORE spoke with President Trump on the phone amid the government shutdown showdown earlier this month. Axios reported Sunday that White House chief of staff Reince Priebus called MORE when the bill was final; telling him Trump was considering vetoing Congress’ funding plan.

Saying conditions at Pennsylvania Station in New York have reached a crisis, and that planned track closings would lead to “a summer of agony,” Gov. Andrew M.

READINGTON, N.J. — Timothy Piazza started out a shy high school student in New Jersey who flushed so deeply scarlet when speaking to a girl that some called him Barney after the purple dinosaur. A growth spurt turned him into a gentle giant, keen to protect more vulnerable peers.

A high school yearbook is a keepsake. Like an Instagram filter, it’s meant to bathe recent memories in the warm, soft-focus glow of nostalgia. As an object, it evokes affection and community; you hope to show it to your children and grandchildren someday.

PITTSBURGH — When Uber picked this former Rust Belt town as the inaugural city for its driverless car experiment, Pittsburgh played the consummate host. “You can either put up red tape or roll out the red carpet,” Bill Peduto, the mayor of Pittsburgh, said in September.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The lights went up on the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus on Sunday evening to reveal 14 lions and tigers sitting in a circle, surrounding a man in a sparkling suit.

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • In Saudi Arabia, President Trump departed from his earlier incendiary language on Islam and called on Muslim leaders to step up their efforts to counter extremism. Many leaders embraced the new tone on the president’s first overseas trip in office.

TARADAND, India — Babulal Singh Neti was sitting with his uncle on a recent afternoon, trying to persuade him of the merits of the internet. It was 105 degrees outside, and the sun was beating down on the frazzled croplands. His uncle said he had no use for the internet, since he had never learned to read; furthermore, he wanted to nap. This he made clear by periodically screwing up his face into a huge yawn. Mr. Neti, 38, pressed on earnestly, suggesting that he could demonstrate the internet’s potential by Googling the history of the Gond tribe, to which they both belonged.

ATHENS — It may seem paradoxical, but Greece’s anarchists are organizing like never before. Seven years of austerity policies and a more recent refugee crisis have left the government with fewer and fewer resources, offering citizens less and less. Many have lost faith.