$1,051,873,000,000: Record Federal Tax Collections Top $1 Trillion in 3 Months

Total federal tax collections in the first three months of fiscal 2022—October through December—set a record as they topped $1 trillion, hitting $1,051,873,000,000, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today.

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Netherlands’ New Government Sworn In

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte began his fourth term in office Monday despite mounting protests against his strict COVID measures.

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Manchin on Biden’s spending bill: ‘No negotiation going on’

President Joe Biden’s social and climate spending bill is making zero progress in the Senate, where Democratic holdout Joe Manchin said Tuesday there are “no discussions” going on about reviving it.

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Biden Signs $768 Billion Bill As US Faces Attack

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a $768 billion defense bill amid fears that Russia and China are ahead of the United States in developing new weapons systems such as hypersonic technology.

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Illinois allows Satanic Temple to install a display at state capitol

Illinois has allowed members of the Satanic Temple to install a display of the demonic entity Baphomet as a baby at the state Capitol in Springfield, the Washington Times reports.

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Senate Democrat derails final passage of ban on China imports made with Uyghur forced labor

A Democratic senator on Wednesday blocked the final passage of a bipartisan bill to crack down on imports from China’s Xinjiang region, where Beijing is accused of using forced labor.

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