5 things to know for September 13: Covid-19, expense bill, California, North Korea, India

House Democrats are expected to release a draft proposal for their $ 3.5 trillion budget package today. And Dems is looking to raise taxes so that the richest corporations in the country can pay them, according to the latest details, which could change before the draft is released. These new tax thresholds would only affect people who earn more than $ 400,000 a year and businesses with incomes in excess of $ 5 million. The budget plan is unlikely to have any Republican support, but Democrats hope to pass it through reconciliation, which by Senate rules means it can be approved without Republican Party votes.

The California government withdrawal election is entering its final stretch as voters prepare tomorrow to go to the polls to decide the fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom. All registered voters in the state received a vote by mail, and of the millions of votes already cast, Democrats outweigh their advantage in the blue state. The effort to oust Newsom, who was elected in 2018, was launched last year by conservative Californians critical of the Democratic governor’s record on immigration, taxes, the death penalty and the state’s homelessness crisis. , among other issues. The effort gained momentum amid criticism of Newsom’s treatment of the pandemic. However, ousting Newsom also means replacing him, and Newsom and his Democratic allies have drawn a terrible picture of the future of the pandemic under potential Republican Party candidates in the event the fight for withdrawal is successful.

North Korea says it successfully tested new long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, according to state media. The country’s announcement comes when South Korea’s top nuclear envoy heads to Japan today to talk about North Korea with U.S. and Japanese officials. China’s foreign minister will also visit South Korea this week. Although the international community has long expressed concern about North Korea’s ballistic missile program, cruise missiles are a little different. They are powered by jet engines and are not usually designed to carry nuclear warheads. Still, these systems are a threat to North Korea’s neighbors. The secret nation has launched several missile tests this year to try to show its progress and assert its importance.

The deadly rape of a woman last week in India has sent shock waves across the country and shed new light on India’s rape crisis. Activists have noted that the case is similar to a notorious 2012 incident in which a woman died after being violently raped in a group. This tragedy led to a broader demand for stricter laws on sexual assault. The number of reported violations has increased since the 2012 incident, potentially due to increased awareness of the problem. In 2019, more than 32,000 cases of alleged rape against women were reported (one approximately every 17 minutes), India’s National Crime Records Office said. A man has been arrested and is being held in this latest attack.

Caution: Today you will stick some of these songs in your head.

They have spent their five-year relationship at the next level.

You couldn’t pay us $ 1.3 million to do that. Scary cats come together!

Sorry, the serpentines, you will have to dress completely and re-plan a bathing routine before the presentation.

It’s the number of acres that Dixie Fire of California burned last night. If it continues to spread as expected, it will become a “gigafire,” a rare designation given to forest fires that consume more than a million acres.

Gen. four-star retired Dan McNeill, who led coalition forces in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2003 and then U.S. troops from 2007 to 2008. McNeill is one of the leading U.S. commanders in Afghanistan who reflects on the legacy and impact of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan on the CNN documentary, “America’s Longest War: What Didn’t Work in Afghanistan.”

John Edmark’s art is about trying to make the impossible possible. For example, how is an infinitely deployable fractal created in real life? (Click here to see.)