"A new Federal Reserve survey shows white families in 2019 had a median wealth level of $188,200, substantially larger than the median Black family’s wealth level of $24,100."

"President Donald Trump has denied an expose by The New York Times saying he effectively paid no income tax for most of the past two decades, but experts said the methods it was reported he employed to reduce his bill are commonly used by wealthy property developers"

"Washington has made preparations to withdraw diplomats from Iraq after warning Baghdad it could shut its embassy, two Iraqi officials and two Western diplomats said, a step Iraqis fear could turn their country into a battle zone. ... Rockets regularly fly across the Tigris towards the heavily fortified U.S. diplomatic compound, constructed to be the biggest U.S. embassy in the world in central Baghdad’s so-called Green Zone during the U.S. occupation after a 2003 invasion."

" The new funds will hire up to 1,400 new nurses in provincial hospitals and long-term care homes. It will also offer 2,000 new personal support worker graduates and others a $5,000 signing bonus if they commit to work in the long-term care system for the next six months."

"The promised salaries [700-1000 Turkish lira] are vast sums compared with the 450-550 Turkish lira a month Syrian rebels earn from Ankara in the fight against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad."