Vox Sentences - What's in Biden's $6.9 trillion budget?

President Biden unveils his 2024 budget proposal; Anti-Netanyahu protesters block Israel’s international airport.

Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin.

Biden’s budget proposal

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• President Joe Biden on Thursday released his 2024 budget proposal, which aims to slash the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade. [NPR / Tamara Keith and Deepa Shivaram]
• The plan is unlikely to become law since Republicans control the House, but it sets up a debate over government spending and the debt ceiling. [CNN / Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby]
• Biden’s $6.88 trillion budget increases taxes on corporations and the wealthiest Americans. The revenue raised would help pay for expansions to social programs. [Vox / Rachel Cohen]
• Republicans haven’t proposed a budget, but public statements suggest they may propose rescinding unspent Covid-19 funds, cuts to public assistance, and other measures meant to reduce the national debt. [USA Today / Candy Woodall]
• The Congressional Budget Office has warned that the national debt would become larger than the entire economy by 2033 if lawmakers fail to address it. [Reuters / David Morgan]

Vox’s Dylan Scott explains the financial challenges Congress faces in funding Medicare. [Vox / Dylan Scott]

Mass protests disrupt Israel’s main airport

• Thursday, protesters blocked access to Israel’s main international airport — the latest action against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system. [CNN]
• Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel to deescalate tensions and express US concerns about West Bank violence; the protests forced him to remain near airport grounds. [Axios / Barak Ravid]
• Since January, hundreds of thousands nationwide have protested against the right-wing government reforms they worry will weaken Israeli democracy. [Associated Press / Tia Goldenberg]
• Changes to the courts aren’t Israel’s only political crisis; government ministers are also proposing the annexation of the occupied West Bank. [Vox / Jonathan Guyer]

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A Russian missile attack on cities and infrastructure across Ukraine killed at least nine people Thursday. [BBC / Henri Astier]

• Thursday, a three-year La Niña that often produces stronger Atlantic hurricanes and droughts officially ended. [AP / Seth Borenstein]
• Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will remain in the hospital for a few days after suffering a concussion in a fall in Washington, DC. [USA Today / Phillip M. Bailey]
• Norfolk Southern’s CEO testified about rail safety before Congress Thursday over the derailment of a train carrying toxic materials in East Palestine, Ohio. [ABC News / Allison Pecorin and Sasha Pezenik]

“This budget will lay out the Democratic approach to the economy, but it is also a statement of our values. The budget explains what we prioritize. That’s already flared up in the back-and-forth of Social Security and Medicare.”

[Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Biden’s budget / The Hill]

What East Palestine can tell us about the rail industry

Host Jonquilyn Hill talks with Joanna Marsh of FreightWaves and Ian Duncan of the Washington Post about what the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, tells us about the rail industry’s past and future. 

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