The single biggest expenditure of the federal government in FY 2023 was for Social Security, which takes up 21% of the government's dollars. Defense spending, which dominated the budget for some years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, was 13% in FY 2023.2 The President and Budget Negotiatio...
noted female dramatists using hatred for men as the basis of their works. This theme of misandry continues through the present day in art, literature and politics. The feminist movement of the 1970s, for example, was at least partially fueled by a communal contempt for a male-dominated ...
Political: Japan's growth depends on the winning party in the elections, despite being a monarchy, since the Emperor isn't very involved in politics. Given the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has dominated the elections since World War 2 for the most part, Japan isn't affected by regular le...
A Haley victory would usher in a more competitive phase of a primary that Trump has so far dominated. A Trump win, however, could create a sense of inevitability that he would become the GOP nominee for the third consecutive time. What to know about New Hampshire’s primary AP VoteCast...
The American party system has generally been dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties. An anti-Republican is typically someone who not only supports non-republican viewpoints and ideas, but is actively opposed to the philosophies and beliefs of those within the Republican Party. They can ...
By September 13, the story had grown into a full-fledged controversy that dominated the discourse, and Gillis became a top trending topic on Twitter. Future SNL host Simu Liu, for example, spoke out against Gillis’s hiring on Twitter, while former cast member and host Norm Macdonald ...
In the early Showa Era, Japan faced economic hardship and unrest at home, and growing tension in international politics. During the 1930s, these problems gave conservative nationalists and the military opportunities to wield increasing control. ...
former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley is seeking to challenge former President Donald Trump's front-runner status in New Hampshire — where the electorate is more moderate — after he dominated his rivals in theIowa caucuses.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the raceon Su...
The president did not take action to repeal the tariff, but his vice president, John C. Calhoun, supported states’ rights to nullify these kinds of laws. The issue dominated state politics, and some factions began advocating nullification of the Tariff of 1828. The Tariff of 1832 turned out...
Bebop, as the revolutionary new style and sound eventually came to be known (the origin of the word “bebop” partly stems from a nonsensical word used in improvised scat singing) grew as both an offshoot of and reaction tobig band swing music, which was dominated by propulsive dance rhyth...