The leaders of the two parties in the US Senate announced on Wednesday that they have reached a two-year budget agreement that will add nearly $300 billion to the existing ceiling for defense and domestic infrastructure projects.
The deal is likely to go with the interim spending package passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday to avoid another government shutdown at midnight Thursday. New York State Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called the Senate deal a "real breakthrough."
However, it is doubtful that the agreement will be passed in the House of Representatives, and the U.S. government may raise the government lending ceiling to prevent an unprecedented U.S. debt default in a few weeks' time.
Syrian government launched an airstrike on Wednesday in the opposition-occupied Ghouta area in eastern Syria, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 60 others.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 12 children were among the dead. Ghouta, located east of the Syrian capital Damascus, has been hit for three consecutive days by Russian-backed Syrian government forces. According to Human Rights Watch, Tuesday's airstrikes killed at least 80 people ( including 19 children and 20 women ) and injured 160 others.
U.S. Vice President Pence said Wednesday that the Trump administration plans to impose the toughest sanctions to date against North Korea.
Speaking at a news conference at the residence of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Pence said, "I hereby announce that the United States will soon introduce the toughest and toughest economic sanctions against North Korea to date — and that the United States will continue to isolate North Korea until it completely abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs." Pence did not go into the details of the sanctions. According to other U.S. officials, the U.S. Treasury Department may announce the sanctions in the coming days.
White House Secretary Resigned Alleged to Have Committed Domestic Violence Rob Porter announced his resignation on Wednesday after reports that he was suspected of domestic violence against two ex-wives.
In DailyMail.com reports of Porter's domestic violence were first published, several senior White House officials, including White House chief of staff John Kelly, defended Porter. Senior White House officials and officials in charge of media affairs met all day Wednesday to discuss the matter, according to White House sources. White House spokesman Sarah Sanders said at a briefing Wednesday that Porter had been performing his duties and that the president was "confident in his performance." ”
According to General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military parade requested by President Trump has now entered the preliminary preparation stage.
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According to a senior Defense Department official, the U.S. Army's Washington Military District, which is responsible for part of the military operation in Washington, D.C., will be designated to coordinate the parade program, with one possibility currently under consideration to hold the parade in November on the centenary of the end of World War II.
According to a british government's own undisclosed economic analysis report, if no agreement is reached, Brexit will cost public finances of 80 billion pounds, and the core areas of the northeast of the United Kingdom and west Midlands that voted for Brexit have been hit the hardest.
According to the Guardian, the secret report assessing the economic impact of Brexit predicts that if no agreement is reached, the UK government's loans will need to increase by £120 billion over the next 15 years.