In the wake of Biden’s report that he ordered a drone strike to kill al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, it has emerged that Biden has paid about $1 billion to the Taliban over the last year. Last year, Biden abruptly pulled American soldiers out of Afghanistan, which led to the rise of the extremist Islamist group. As well as some $80 billion in the American war machine, his actions left behind hundreds …
The itinerary has been confirmed by both a congressional official and a Taiwanese official; Nancy Pelosi will travel to Taiwan this week. She would be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the self-governing island in decades. The Chinese government has aggressively opposed Pelosi’s travel plans, suggesting that her plane could be shot down in recent weeks. Chinese threats against the speaker have been deemed an intimidation tactic by U.S. officials in recent days. John Kirby, …
Hidden in the “Build Back Better” Budget Reconciliation Bill is a section that could change the whole retirement system in the U.S. A retirement plan must be offered by employers with five or more employees and employers must enroll their employees automatically, contributing 6% of their earnings to retirement accounts. In year five, the automatic contribution would increase to 10% of pay. You would invest in a Roth IRA in a target-date fund, a mix …
House Democrats are proposing term limits for supreme court justices in response to a series of deeply conservative rulings that upended American law during this unprecedented term. The right to abortion was overturned by a 6-3 majority of Republican appointees on the Supreme Court in June. The court also decided on gun control, the environment, and other controversial issues. The first target would be Clarence Thomas, a staunch conservative. They would face headwinds, however, as …