The United States struggled Thursday to pick up the pace of American and Afghan evacuations at Kabul airport, constrained by obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems.Indeed, with an Aug. 31 deadline looming, tens of thousands remained to be…
US Budget Deficit Jumps to $247B, Handing Hole to Trump
The U.S. budget deficit jumped nearly four-fold to $257 billion in October, a figure inflated by several one-off factors, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. October