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The White House has invoked a 52-year-old law to pause $810 million Congress already approved, and the pause, in the specific, is the word the budget office uses for the word "stewardship" ◆ A Senate candidate is drawing a salary from his own campaign, and the salary, in the specific, is the word the candidate uses for the word "the American dream" ◆ Pope Leo has 15 speeches and one lunch on a four-day schedule in France, and the lunch, in the specific, is the word the Élysée uses for the word "very French" ◆ Microsoft has folded four AI products into one app and the stock has soared, and the app, in the specific, is the word the company uses for the word "one Copilot, one" ◆ UCLA has grown a working piece of human lung in a dish, and the lung, in the specific, is the word the scientist uses for the word "it's doing the thing" ◆ The NFL has told players to wear things that make them feel comfortable in Rio, and the things, in the specific, are the word the coach uses for the word "if they're slipping, that's on them" ◆ Morocco held its lowest-turnout election in two decades, and the turnout, in the specific, is the word the government uses for the word "a very clear signal" ◆ Mortgage rates have crossed 7 percent for the first time in years, and the 7 percent, in the specific, is the word the lender uses for the word "a very well-informed ceiling" ◆ Scientists found two new sea spiders in the Salish Sea, one of which grooms itself, and the grooming, in the specific, is the word the spider uses for the word "a very good routine" ◆ The Colts have given up a season-worst 1,029 yards in two games, and the 1,029, in the specific, is the word the coach uses for the word "a learning opportunity"

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The White House has paused $810 million Congress already approved. What, in the specific, is the word for the money now?

"In the holding pattern" — because the timeline, in the specific, put it there, and the timeline, in the specific, is the word the White House uses 41%
"Gone" — because the affected programs, in the specific, have not been told, and the not-being-told, in the specific, is the word the grant uses 35%
"Still there" — because the spokesperson, on the record, said it is "just temporarily unspendable," and the unspendable, in the specific, is still spendable-adjacent 24%

Poll results reflect the views of 41 readers, a number we chose because it is, in the specific, the top answer, and the top answer, in the specific, is the holding pattern, and the holding pattern, in the specific, did not vote.

"The money is still there. It's just... temporarily unspendable. That's not cutting. That's stewardship. And stewardship, in the specific, is a 30-day holding pattern with a 14-day extension we're requesting, which no law provides for, but which, in the specific, we are requesting."

— the OMB director, at a press conference that began eleven minutes early and ended, in the specific, eleven minutes early