US President Donald Trump has made a deal to end a $10 billion lawsuit against the US government. The deal sets aside close to $1.8 billion for people who claim the government treated them unfairly. The deal has upset many Democrats. They say Mr. Trump is misusing money from American taxpayers to help himself.
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On Friday, US President Donald Trump signed a new law that will bring big changes to the US. The law includes tax cuts for people and businesses. But it also cuts spending on health care and other programs that help Americans. The law will add trillions of dollars to the money that the US government owes.
As prices rise around the world - especially prices for fuel - one group is making record amounts of money: oil companies. While customers have struggled with rising prices, oil companies have made billions of dollars in profits.
People in Colombia have been protesting against the government for nearly three weeks. The government's response has been violent, and dozens of people have died. There are no signs that the protests will end anytime soon.
In today's news roundup, Typhoon Lekima hits China, Chase Bank gives a gift to Canadian credit card customers, Germany thinks about raising taxes on meat, and a man in Spain learns not to throw refrigerators off of cliffs.
In today's news roundup, France puts a new tax on internet companies, a Japanese spacecraft lands on an asteroid, protected birds in Australia may have been poisoned, and a security company drops $175,000 out of their truck.
For over a week, people have been protesting in France, blocking roads while wearing yellow yellow vests. Yesterday, the protests became more violent as the group targeted the nation's capital, Paris.