Tag: Government budgets

EU pledges to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion to help rebuild its economy and power grid

KYIV, Ukraine -- The European Union pledged on Friday to lend Ukraine up to 35 billion euros ($39 billion) as part of a...

Argentina's President Milei presents 2025 budget, vowing austerity and setting up a showdown

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Libertarian President Javier Milei of Argentina presented the 2025 budget to Congress late Sunday, outlining policy priorities that reflected...

Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high wealth tax dodgers

WASHINGTON -- The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has...

Trump says he'll boost the economy by cutting federal spending and corporate taxes

NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump told a group of executives and industry leaders on Thursday he wants to lead a “national...

Germany hopes interest from Russian assets will ease the strain of financing aid to Ukraine

BERLIN -- German officials on Monday rejected suggestions that national budget constraints could hurt weapons deliveries to Ukraine. Berlin is its biggest supplier...

Germany's quarrelsome government clinches a deal on the 2025 budget

BERLIN -- Germany's quarrelsome governing coalition reached an agreement Friday on details of the country's 2025 budget, weeks after Chancellor Olaf Scholz and...