Giorno: 11 Dicembre 2024

US Budget Deficit Climbs 17% to $367B on Calendar Payment Shifts

The U.S. government posted a $367 billion budget deficit for November, up 17% from a year earlier, as calendar adjustments for benefit payments boosted outlays by some $80 billion compared to the same month in 2023, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.[#item_full_content]

D.C. Leaders Divided Over Strategy to Deal With Trump

As Republicans prepare to take over the White House, as well as both chambers of Congress, officials in Washington, D.C., are divided over a strategy to confront President-elect Donald Trump with a “resistance” mindset or find ways to work with him.[#item_full_content]

No Iranian ‘Mothership’ Off US Coast Launching Drones, Pentagon Says

The Pentagon said on Wednesday that there was no evidence that drones that had been spotted over New Jersey were from a foreign entity or adversary and dismissed a claim by a U.S. lawmaker that they were being launched from an Iranian “mothership.”Earlier in the day,…[#item_full_content]

Hundreds of tractors block central London streets as farmers protest tax change

Hundreds of tractors blocked streets in central London on Wednesday, the latest protest by farmers against the government after it ended an exemption from inheritance tax for agricultural families. The measure, dubbed the “tractor tax” by critics, was introduced by the government to boost funds to pay for strained public services, but farmers say it […]