Cold Hearted

“The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the United States pay their heating and cooling bills … The layoffs were part of a broader purge on Monday of approximately 10,000 employees from the Department of Health and Human Services, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to drastically reorganize the agency.” NYT (Gift Article): Entire Staff Is Fired at Office That Helps Poorer Americans Pay for Heating.

+ NYT (Gift Article): Easter Eggs Are So Expensive Americans Are Dyeing Potatoes.

+ Meanwhile, America’s wealthiest shoppers are driving more spending than they have in decades.