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(Reporter Sha Hanting) The Oversight and Accountability Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives sent letters to several senior officials of the White House, the Department of Defense, and the State Department on the 17th local time, requesting them to submit documents related to the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by the Biden administration. The U.S. State Department issued a statement on the same day saying that as of November 2022, the State Department has held 150 briefings on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan to members of Congress from both parties.

(Reporter Sha Hanting) The Oversight and Accountability Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives sent letters to Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, and James Biden, the younger brother of Biden, on the 9th local time, asking them to provide information related to foreign commercial activities, etc. .

(Reporter Sha Hanting) According to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce on the 7th local time, the U.S. trade deficit will increase to 948.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, a record high. As the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates and the consumption attitude of American consumers tends to be more cautious, the possibility of the US economy entering recession this year is increasing.

As the Republicans won the 218th seat in the House of Representatives, the Republicans captured the House of Representatives, and the Democrats had confirmed to keep the Senate a few days ago, the Biden administration will face a "divided Congress" in the next two years. For Democrats, keeping the Senate means retaining the power to approve the president's nominations for key executive and judicial posts and to end Republican House bills.

(Reporter Chen Mengtong) US Vice President Harris will visit Japan and South Korea from September 25 to 29. Photo by China News Agency reporter Sha Hanting On July 8 this year, Shinzo Abe was shot while giving a speech on the street in Nara City, Nara Prefecture. After several hours of rescue, he was pronounced dead at the age of 67.