Author: Reed Karman

The United States and South Korea have started 10-day joint navel exercises after North Korea has threatened and re-threatened to use ballistic missiles on the US territory of Guam. North Korea sees the exercises as preparation for invasion.

The 9,000 firefighters working against the many fires in California have gained ground against them. So far the fires have set the record for most deaths during simultaneous wildfires in California at 36. 5,700 homes have been destroyed and the air quality is as bad as Beijing, requiring gas masks.

President of the United States Donald Trump said Friday, October 13 that Iran is not keeping the spirit or requirements of the deal made between them and the UN. He says that they might have a “nuclear breakout” in the future unless the deal is revised. He went on to say that the current pact is not good for the US or it’s border security. Other countries, especially the UK, France, Germany and Iran say that Iran is within the requirements and that the deal does not need to be revised. The deal outlines that the UN needs to give Iran food, clothing and money if they slow down their nuclear program.

U.S. District Judge Billy Wilson said that the proposed revision of the Arkansas state law banning begging is still illegal like the current law as in it breaks the 1st and 14th amendments to the constitution which state that laws can’t “restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content,” unless it breaks other laws such as impending the flow of traffic or harassment.

President of the Unites States Donald Trump promised to speak with Democrats about healthcare and it’s current system, set up by former president Barrack Obama, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Trump has recently failed in Senate to repeal it as all Democratic and three Republican Senators are against repealing it and one Senator for it was in the hospital when the vote happened and is now at home recovering. Trump says they will retry when he is healthy.

On September 27 President of the United States Donald Trump spoke at the Indiana State Fair about his new tax plan, featuring three instead of seven tax brackets and an elimination of some taxes, he did not mention how much it would cost the government. Many taxes would be lowered especially for businesses and most inheritance taxes would end. Federal estate taxes would also end. Democratic leaders say that the plan would benefit the upper class too much while barely affecting lower and middle class people and that it would be very good for Trump’s private businesses and customers. The current tax brackets are: 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, 35%, and 39.6% and the new ones would be: 12%, 25%, 35%.