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US budget deficit drops by half in 2022 on pandemic recovery
US budget deficit drops by half in 2022 on pandemic recovery

The US budget deficit fell by half in the past year to $1.4 trillion on the back of a pandemic recovery and as relief spending eased, the government said Friday. The drop in the budget deficit marks the "largest one-year decrease," said the Treasury Department and White House budget office on Friday.

Italy's far-right 'Christian mother' Meloni
Italy's far-right 'Christian mother' Meloni

As a teen activist she praised Mussolini, but Giorgia Meloni has transformed herself and her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party from radicals on the political fringe to a national force now set to lead the government.