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Trump Gregory Korte @gregorykorte budget’s USA TODAY impact on iconic WASHINGTON President program Trump’s first budget proposal to Congress last week specifi- to help cally identified steep cuts to seniors is hundreds of domestic pro- grams, but Meals on Wheels far from wasn’t one of them. certain The popular program — which mainly uses volunteer because drivers to provide hot meals to it doesn’t older Americans across the country — doesn’t directly re- get direct COUSIN: ‘KELLYANNE ceive federal funding. As federal Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, told reporters funding Thursday: “Meals on Wheels is WASN’T AFRAID not a federal program.” OF ANYTHING OR ANYONE’

ANNE-MARIE CARUSO, THE (BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.) RECORD Kellyanne Key Trump aide, defender Conway Conway, at TODD A. BUCHANAN, SPECIAL TO USA TODAY This is an edition of USA TODAY her home in Nevertheless, Meals on Jack Zimmer provided for . An expanded version doesn’t care when critics lash out of USA TODAY is available at Alpine, N.J., Wheels quickly became the delivers a newsstands or by subscription, and Conway has emerged as one of spends poster child for the impact of meal to Mar- at usatoday.com. Mike Kelly Trump’s most trusted advisers weekdays in Trump’s cuts. Even before the tha Scott in The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record and also why she continues to Washing- budget’s release, Rep. Keith El- 2014 as a court trouble. ton, D.C. lison, D-Minn., tweeted that volunteer for For the latest national sports “Kellyanne wasn’t afraid of Trump had called for the “elim- the Commu- coverage, ALPINE, N.J. Mark “Markie” anything or anyone,” DeMarco “To think ination” of Meals on Wheels, nity Emer- go to sports.usatoday.com DeMarco had a problem. said. “To think Kelly is afraid is Kelly is and the Congressional Progres- gency Assis- He was obese, tipping the laughable. Kellyanne, in spirit, afraid is sive Caucus quickly dubbed it tance Pro- scale at almost 400 pounds, he can be much bigger than some of laughable. the “Starvation Budget.” gram in says. He was also shy, an easy the biggest offensive and defen- ... She had The truth: Trump’s budget Brooklyn USA SNAPSHOTS© target for bullies on the football sive linemen on the football team. force with calls for the elimination of one Center, Minn. team at his south Jersey high She had force with her words. her words. program that some of the na- school. Her spirit was strong. People lis- Her spirit tion’s 5,000 Meals on Wheels Moving up No one came to his defense, tened to her.” was groups rely on: community de- except a brainy field hockey People are still listening, nota- strong. velopment block grants, a There’s an player who happened to be his bly President Trump. People $3 billion program that started cousin, Kellyanne Conway. Conway, 50, who lives less than listened to in the Ford administration to As DeMarco tells the story — 2 miles from the Hudson River in her.” give states and cities more flexi- 11% and Conway, now the protective Alpine, N.J., with her husband bility in how they combat Mark DeMarco, increase if slightly gaffe-prone special and four children, is considered cousin of poverty. in the chance counsel to President Trump, one of the most powerful political Kellyanne But Trump’s proposal — of exiting confirmed — in the mid-1980s operatives in the Republican Par- Conway known as the “skinny budget” assisted-housing with each additional she ordered the football team to ty. She not only is the first woman because it’s the first, vague out- year of education. leave her overweight cousin in U.S. history to guide a winning line of a more formal submis- alone. To DeMarco’s surprise, presidential campaign but also sion to come — is largely silent he never was bullied again. has emerged as one of Trump’s about the program that pro- Today, DeMarco, 50 and a closest advisers — with a nick- vides the vast majority of feder- successful business contractor name of the “Trump whisperer.” al funding for senior services. SOURCE The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corp. in the Atlantic City area, recalls the story as a barometer of why v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B MICHAEL B. SMITH AND KARL GELLES, USA TODAY

T-Rex could make Monopoly nerds forget about thimble Hasbro shakes up tokens this fall. World Monopoly Day to reveal The iconic game pieces met that two other iconic pieces were iconic game pieces their fate after millions of fans MONOPOLY'S NEW TOKENS: MAKE WAY FOR THE T-REX also getting the axe. voted on which eight tokens “The next generation of tokens they’d like to see in the next ver- clearly represents the interests of Mary Bowerman sion of the game during Monopo- Out with the old.. ...In with the new. our fans around the world, and @MaryBowerman ly Token Madness Vote in we’re proud to have our iconic USA TODAY Network January, Hasbro said in a state- game impacted by the people that ment. Thimble feel most passionate about play- So who made the cut? The T-Rex ing it,” Jonathan Berkowitz, sen- Everyone has their favorite Scottie dog, top hat, car, battle- ior vice president of marketing for Monopoly token, but those who ship, cat, T-Rex, rubber ducky and Boot Hasbro Gaming, said in a state- tend to reach for the wheelbar- penguin tokens are the eight game Penguin ment. row, thimble or boot token might pieces that will be featured in the The last time a token was have to pick a new favorite game next generation of the game. dropped and a new one added was piece. In mid-February, fans learned Rubber in 2013. The oh-so-exciting iron The familiar thimble, boot and the thimble’s days were num- Wheelbarrow ducky was dropped in favor of a cat to- wheelbarrow will be replaced by bered, but the game maker waited ken. The Scottie dog was added in T-Rex, rubber ducky and penguin until two days before Sunday’s 1950.