Democrats and Lobbyists Gird for Battle Over Far-Reaching Tax Increases
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 | |
| By Matthieu Aikins and Jim Huylebroek The Taliban's violent response to the latest demonstration, which included hundreds of women in Kabul, was another sign that they will not tolerate peaceful dissent in Afghanistan. | | | By Jonathan Weisman, Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley Congressional committees this week begin drafting tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to pay for a $3.5 trillion social policy bill, but the targets are putting up a fight. | | | By Ben Hubbard The Gulf state played a major role in the American airlift, the latest evidence of the small but gas-rich country punching above its weight on the world stage. | | |
| U.S. By Rachel Bujalski and Aidan Gardiner Thousands of homes were destroyed last year in the Almeda Fire — Oregon's most destructive in years. Many residents are still displaced. What keeps them from leaving? Unbreakable bonds. | | | Opinion | Thomas L. Friedman By Thomas L. Friedman Is conflict with China inevitable? | | |
| By The Associated Press President Biden visited New York and New Jersey to assess damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Mr. Biden said the threat of climate change should be considered in how to rebuild after the storm. | | | By Reuters Taliban fighters beat peaceful protesters and fired into the air to disperse the crowd after hundreds of women took to the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, to demand that their rights be respected. | | | By Reuters and The Associated Press The flames tore through the coastline of Evia, a Greek island, causing residents and tourists to evacuate by ferry, as southern Europe grapples with one of its worst heat waves in decades. | | |
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