Tag: Budget
US Skyrocketing Military Spending Upsets World
A recently released report showed that defense spending by the United States — the world’s largest military spender — accounted for nearly 40 percent of world’s total military expenditures in 2023. RELATED: NATO Drills Near Russian Border Increase Risks of Conflict In the latest move of aggressive U.S. military spending, President Joe Biden signed a […]
April 29, 2024
Republicans and Democrats Agree to Avoid Government Shutdown
On Tuesday, leaders from both the Democratic and Republican parties in the U.S. Congress announced an agreement to fund the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2024. RELATED: US Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Remain on Colorado Ballot Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer disclosed the agreement, which […]
March 19, 2024
UK Cuts National Insurance Contributions for Workers
On Wednesday, the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt announced that National Insurance contributions would be cut for 27 million British workers. RELATED: Junior Doctors in Northern Ireland Strike Over Pay From April 6, employees’ National Insurance, a payroll tax, will be cut from 10 percent to 8 percent. Meanwhile, self-employed national insurance […]