Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Sherif Soliman, a veteran of municipal government and the chief financial officer of the City University of New York, to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

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New Yorkers in the so-called “missing middle,” who may make too much for food benefits, say it’s still hard to find enough money for groceries.

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The New York Times is looking to talk to New Yorkers about how they budget, splurge and save in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

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Sébastien Lecornu, the third French prime minister in less than a year, succeeded where his two predecessors failed — at least for now.

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Bret Stephens, Frank Bruni and Aaron Retica on the gap between the president’s interests and what matters to Americans.

President Lai Ching-te says the spending, which must be approved by the island’s legislature, would fund purchases of arms from the United States.