harris announcing the passage of the inflation reduction act which is a $750 billion tax and climate bill that will likely define biden s legacy. the democratically controlled house is expected to take up this legislation on friday and must approve the bill before it reaches the president s desk. it has been a good week for biden. in the word of his predecessor he s been doing a lot of wing and that has democrats energized about the upcoming mid terms. reporter: democrats are on the verge of a massive victory with less than 100 days before the mid-term elections. the senate voted on sunday along party lines to approve a sweeping economic package, and this vote came after a marathon voting session that began saturday evening and lasted into the next day. and this bill includes a number of key democratic priorities. it includes a historic investment of nearly $370 billion for the climate. it would allow medicare to negotiate drug prices. it would extend expiring obamacare hea
Taiwan and China split in 1949 following a civil war that ended with the Communist Party in control of the mainland. The island has never been part of the People’s Republic of China, but Beijing says it must unite with the mainland, by force if necessary.
Late last year, as Taipei took significant steps to prepare itself for Beijing s military ambitions in the ensuing ten years, President Tsai Ing-wen declared the change in policy
It comes as China rounds off several days of military training around self-ruled Taiwan, a response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s recent meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California which infuriated Beijing.
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu on Tuesday condemned China s military exercises around the island and warned that “they seem to be trying to get ready to launch a war against Taiwan.”