President Joe Biden confronted enormous opposition after requesting a $ 715 billion finances for the Pentagon subsequent 12 months – a rise over former President Donald Trump's finances this 12 months. ...

An arms race is heating up within the seas round East Asia the US is planning to extend its army spending aiming to include China, whereas Beijing is about to safe its regional periphery from encirclement. ...

Georgia lawmakers have handed a invoice that might prohibit massive cuts to metropolis and county police budgets, handing off the regulation to the GOP-led Senate as Democrats insist it might violate native autonomy and the state structure. ...

Neera Tanden, Joe Biden’s nominee for price range director, was pressed over her historical past of insulting tweets and company coziness. Nonetheless, neither social gathering took her to process for suggesting that Libya pay for its personal bombing. ...

Reddit has shocked Tremendous Bowl viewers with a sudden five-second commercial, praising the facility of its numerous communities, with a transparent reference to the latest inventory market frenzy brought on by its r/WallStreetBets discussion board. ...

After Brexit, is Polexit subsequent? The European Union’s insistence that price range funds are linked to the rule of legislation has incensed Poland’s leaders, who wish to defend their sovereignty and are brazenly questioning the bloc’s future. ...

New York could also be dealing with a funds disaster, however Andrew Cuomo is ready to obtain a pay rise in January that can carry his wage to $ 250,000, the best for any governor within the US. ...

Prime Minister Viktor Orban defined on Wednesday that Hungary vetoed the European Union’s 2021-2027 price range and post-coronavirus restoration fund due to the “blackmail” that calls for necessary assist for immigration. ...

Brussels’ plot to withhold price range and restoration funds from international locations it deems as not enjoying by the foundations has blown up in its face because the Hungarian PM vetoes schemes, placing EU initiatives doubtful and economies on the brink. ...

At the least 118 officers have left the Seattle Police Division (SPD) following mass Black Lives Matter protests and metropolis price range cuts. It at the moment has round 1,200 officers on its drive – the bottom quantity in a decade. ...