Christine Zhang

Visual Editing Resident at The New York Times

@nytgraphics | previously @ftdata @baltsundata @BrookingsGlobal @datagraphics | forever a friendly neighborhood data reporter 🕸

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Articles

What Remains of U.S.A.I.D.?

5 days ago | news.nestia.com | Amy Walker |Malika Khurana |Christine Zhang

What Remains of U.S.A.I.D.?
What Remains of U.S.A.I.D. After DOGE’s Budget Cuts?

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Amy Walker |Malika Khurana |Christine Zhang

A grid of more than 6,000 squares, each representing either a terminated U.S.A.I.D. program or an active one. About 14 percent of the squares represent active programs. Republicans have long wanted to shrink foreign aid, but President Trump took that desire to an extreme. These were U.S.A.I.D.’s projects when he took office. The same grid highlights at least 6,256 programs that were operating prior to cuts, worth $120 billion.
The House's Policy Bill Would Lose Money. Could Trump's Tariffs Replace It?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Lydia DePillis |Christine Zhang

Over the past few months, after President Trump imposed wave after wave of tariffs, companies began paying billions more to bring goods into the country. In May, the Treasury collected more than $22 billion in tariff payments, data released on Wednesday shows, a record high. The income figures are among the first concrete indicators of the costs imposed by Mr. Trump's trade policies.
The White House wants 90 trade deals in 90 days. So far, it may have 1.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Christine Zhang |NYT Business

President Donald Trump has announced wave after wave of tariffs since taking office in January, part of a sweeping effort that he has argued would secure better trade terms with other countries. “It’s called negotiation,” he recently said. In April, administration officials vowed to sign trade deals with as many as 90 countries in 90 days.
How Hard It Is to Make Trade Deals

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Christine Zhang

President Trump has announced wave after wave of tariffs since taking office in January, part of a sweeping effort that he has argued would secure better trade terms with other countries. " It's called negotiation," he recently said. In April, administration officials vowed to sign trade deals with as many as 90 countries in 90 days.
Consumers prop up the economy. They’re showing signs of strain.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Colby Smith |Christine Zhang |NYT Business

The U.S. consumer has seemed unstoppable in recent years, spending despite soaring inflation and the highest borrowing costs in decades. That resilience helped keep at bay a recession that many thought inevitable after the pandemic. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and their scattershot rollout have once again raised concerns that the United States may soon face an economic downturn.
An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2024 Election Results: Trump vs. Harris - The New York Times

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Saurabh Datar |Ilana Marcus |Eli Murray |Ethan Singer |Alex Lemonides |Christine Zhang | +1 more

See how your neighborhood voted on our interactive, precinct-level results map of the presidential election.
What Polls Say About DOGE and Elon Musk

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Ruth Igielnik |Christine Zhang

People like the idea of cutting government waste. But they dislike Mr. Musk, and they're down on the Department of Government Efficiency. The idea that the government is wasteful and inefficient has been a long-held view by most Americans for decades, surveys have found. And Americans mostly support the concept of the Department of Government Efficiency, commonly referred to as DOGE.
Trump Loves Tariffs. Do Americans?

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Astead Herndon |Laura Bult |Gabriel Blanco |Laura Salaberry |Caitlin O’Keefe |Christine Zhang | +1 more
Tracking Each Party's Early Turnout for Tuesday's Special House Elections

Mar 28, 2025 | nytimes.com | Ilana Marcus |Christine Zhang |Alex Lemonides

Democrats are hoping for a long-shot victory in special elections being held on Tuesday in Florida's First and Sixth Congressional Districts as they look to erode the G.O.P.'s narrow majority in the House. The districts are heavily Republican: In November, President Trump won Florida's First by a 37-point margin and the Sixth by 30 points. But special elections tend to be better for Democrats, who have already achieved upsets in multiple state legislative special elections this year.