After months of waiting, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) is expected to unveil an ambitious foreign aid plan this week. According to a one-pager that contained an incomplete list of the items in the bill posted on X on Monday by PBS News correspondent Lisa Desjardins, the plan includes at least $48 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel, as well as money for allies in the Indo-Pacific and operations in the Red Sea. As far as the foreign aid is concerned, details of the plan are...
The budget for 2025-2028 will see the country's general rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) increase to 25.5 percent from the current level of 24 percent, with cuts to education and healthcare also in the pipeline.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has declared he is ready to “cut taxes and bet on growth” after the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew again in February.
This year's presidential and congressional elections are unlikely to be decided on the issue of tax policy, but they will very likely determine how much of the tax cuts enacted under President Donald Trump survive.
By David Churchill, Chief Political Correspondent Published: 6:00 p.m. EDT, April 11, 2024 | Updated: 6:01 p.m. EDT, April 11, 2024 Boris Johnson yesterday joined growing calls for an increase in defense spending.The former prime minister called on Rishi Sunak's government to take a "more robust stance" and increase military investment in the face of increasing global threats.He also called on the West to...
The former prime minister urged Rishi Sunak's Government to strike a 'more robust posture' by boosting military investment in the face of rising global threats.
Former prime minister says a western arms embargo on Israel would ‘hand victory’ to HamasMiddle East crisis – live updatesBoris Johnson has said banning arms sales to Israel would be “insane”.The former prime minister also criticised the foreign secretary, David Cameron, for remaining silent on the debate over curtailing UK arms sales to Israel.Guardian Newsroom: Crisis in the Middle EastOn Tuesday 30 April, 7-8.15pm GMT, join Devika Bhat, Peter Beaumont, Emma Graham-Harrison and Ghaith...
The so called Johnson Five came to play at the Association of Pickleball Players DelRay Classic this past weekend.
Donald Trump is offering a corrupt deal to America’s wealthy elites: He’ll give them tax cuts and deregulation if he’s elected to a second term, even though he’s signaled that he intends to govern as an autocratic leader unrestrained by the rule of law. That would be a deal with the devil that’s likely to end badly for everyone—even the corporate elite, many of whom remain in a state of denial about Trump. Daniel Ziblatt, director of Harvard’s Center for European Studies, has studied what...
President Biden will head to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to make the case that the rich and corporations don’t pay the bulk of taxes in America. Still, his own Treasury Department refutes his numbers.
The proposed law aims to phase out tobacco sales by stopping anyone born after 2009 buying cigarettes.
Barring a setback, five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods is likely to make his 26th appearance at Augusta National this week.