🇺🇸 The U.S. budget deficit has hit its highest level in 5 years. Washington spent a record $7.4 trillion over the past year but brought in only $5.4 trillion. That's a nearly $2 trillion hole, $217 billion bigger than last year. And here's the crazy part. Just paying interest on the national debt now costs $1.36 trillion a year. Not paying off the debt, just paying for what it already owes. Trump's tariffs didn't help either. After the Supreme Court struck down a big chunk of them, the government refunded $145 billion, cutting into its tariff revenue. Defense spending also climbed to $917 billion, though officials aren't sure how much of that increase came from the Iran war. The national debt has already crossed $40 trillion. And somehow, Washington keeps finding new ways to spend money it doesn't have. Source: Reuters / Writer: Daniyal

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Spox. of the Iranian Army Brig. Gen. Akrami-Nia: "If the U.S. leaves the region, the Hormuz Strait will reopen and collective security will be established with the participation of the region's countries... And the global economy will improve. If it doesn't leave, we'll expel it." The next few weeks, leading into the Israeli election (Oct 27), followed by the U.S. midterms (Nov 3) could decide everything... What will Trump, Netanyahu, and Iran do? Source: @PressTV / Writer: Michael