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Martha Rodriguez comforts her 14-month-old granddaughter MD on October 20, 2023 at home in Phoenix, AZ. Childcare has become too expensive for her family so Rodriguez steps in after her early morning shift at an industrial laundry while her daughter works.

Israel’s War on Gaza

Biden Is Bankrolling Israel’s War Amid Growing Financial Hardship at Home

Stephen Semler

- Mar. 1, 2024

The president has prioritized military spending over helping American families cover the rising costs of child care.

US President Joe Biden (C-L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C-R) arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden Is Selling Weapons to the Majority of the World’s Autocracies

Stephen Semler

- May 11, 2023

Despite the White House’s rhetoric about supporting global democracy, the U.S. sold weapons in 2022 to 57 percent of the world’s authoritarian regimes.

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