Democrats Drop Paid Leave From $1.75 Trillion Proposal
WASHINGTON—Democrats abandoned plans to include a paid-leave program in their healthcare, education and climate-change bill, according to people familiar with...
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Corporate Minimum Tax Resurfaces as Democrats Hunt for Money
WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats announced a 15% minimum tax on large companies’ income on Tuesday, winning support from a key moderate lawmaker,...
US has few good options if China seizes islands close to Taiwan, war game concludes US has few good options if China seizes islands close to Taiwan, war game concludes US has few good options if China seizes islands close to Taiwan, war game concludes
The scenario, outlined in a report from the Center for a New American Security, began with China using military force...
Tax Proposals Hit Headwinds as Democrats Try to Finalize Social Spending Deal
WASHINGTON—An 11th-hour push by Democrats to fund their social-spending and climate bill faltered, with a proposed tax on billionaires’ unrealized...
Trump’s Social-Media Platform Joins Crowded Conservative Media Field
Former President Donald Trump’s planned digital-media venture could quickly become a serious competitor in a crowded field of right-leaning sites...
US nearing a formal agreement to use Pakistan’s airspace to carry out military operations in Afghanistan
Pakistan has expressed a desire to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in exchange for assistance with its own counterterrorism...
Democrats Explore Tax on Billionaires to Help Fund $2 Trillion Package
WASHINGTON—Democrats worked Friday to resolve disagreements over tax increases and expanded healthcare coverage in their roughly $2 trillion social policy...
Biden vows to protect Taiwan in event of Chinese attack
Asked twice during CNN's town hall whether the US would protect Taiwan if China attacked, Biden said it would."Yes, we...
Fed’s Quarles Says More Fiscal Stimulus Could Let Transitory Inflation Continue Too Long
A top Federal Reserve official said he expected elevated inflation pressures to decline without requiring a more aggressive response by...
Democrats Try to Salvage IRS Bank-Account Reporting With Scaled-Back Plan
Democrats scaled back a proposal that would require banks to send more information about customers’ accounts to the IRS in...
Americans among more than 350 passengers who departed Kabul on evacuation flight Sunday
The ninth evacuation flight from Afghanistan since August 31 is carrying 353 evacuees, including faculty, staff, and students from the...
WSJ News Exclusive | Chinese Telecom Giant ZTE in Dispute With U.S. Court-Appointed Monitor
WASHINGTON—China’s ZTE Corp. ZTCOY 0.15% in 2017 agreed to the oversight of an independent monitor when it pleaded guilty to...
US calls on Russia to do more to crack down on ransomware groups as White House hosts meeting with allies
The US government has "shared information with Russia regarding criminal ransomware activity being conducted from its territory," said the official,...
House Approves Extension of Debt Ceiling Into December
WASHINGTON—The House on Tuesday voted along party lines to raise the U.S. borrowing limit into December, as Democratic lawmakers wrestled...
US and Mexico set to negotiate updated bilateral security arrangement to fight drug trafficking and other threats
"When it comes to Merida, look, this is an initiative that has been on the books for, I think it...
Two ‘prolific’ ransomware operators arrested in Ukraine, Europol announces
The FBI and law enforcement agencies in France and Ukraine coordinated the raid, which led to the seizure of $375,000...
‘Still waiting for what is to come for us’: American University of Afghanistan students face fear and uncertainty
But now, in the words of one student, "I do not dream and hope for my future. My future is...
Situation becoming ‘dire’ at US airbase in Germany housing approximately 2,000 pregnant Afghan refugees
Already 22 babies have been born to Afghan mothers at Ramstein, and that number will rise very soon with roughly...
US says it is working on contingency plans in case Iran continues nuclear advances and refuses to return to talks
"Any government would do this," the official said, speaking Thursday on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly about...
US military admits it killed 10 civilians and targeted wrong vehicle in Kabul airstrike
McKenzie told reporters that the strike -- which he said killed seven children -- was a "mistake" and offered an...
