The projects on the list include two major direct air capture hubs that received billion-dollar awards from the administration of former President Joe Biden, including one that involves oil company Occidental . Also on the list is $500 million awarded last year to General Motors to convert its Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan to EVs, $335 million for Stellantis to convert the shuttered Belvidere Assembly plant in Illinois to build mid-size electric trucks, and $250 million for Stellantis to convert its Indiana Transmission Plant in Kokomo to produce EV components.

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, died Wednesday. She was 89.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Gaps in efforts by the U.S. and allies to restrict China's ability to manufacture advanced computing chips have allowed China to buy nearly $40 billion of sophisticated chipmaking gear, according to a bipartisan investigation by U.S. lawmakers. U.S. Democratic and Republican administrationshave tried to restrict China's ability to make microchips, viewing the industry ascrucial for national security. But inconsistencies in rules issued by the United States, Japan and the Netherlands have led to non-U.S. toolmakers selling to some Chinese firms that U.S. companies could not, according to a report by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on China seen by Reuters.

The fire erupted on Jan. 7 in the Palisades Highlands.

The FAA says it expects staffing shortages at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Abigail Spanberger faces criticism for her support of fellow Democrat who speculated about Republican lawmaker getting ‘two bullets to the head’

The projects on the list include two major direct air capture hubs that received billion-dollar awards from the administration of former President Joe Biden, including one that involves oil company Occidental. White House budget director Russell Vought said in a post on X last week that the administration would terminate nearly $8 billion in climate-related funding in 16 Democratic-led states, including California and New York.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The U.S. is one week away from imposing port fees on certain vessels with links to China, a move expected to cost the top 10 carriers $3.2 billion next year as President Donald Trump seeks to address China's growing dominance on the high seas. Trump's administration said fees imposed on ships built, owned or operated by Chinese entities will help pay to revive U.S. shipbuilding.

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday wouldn’t say where a reported bribe paid to a top Trump official ended up.� In September 2024, Tom Homan, who currently serves as the administration’s “...

(Reuters) -U.S. shale drillers are facing higher prices for tungsten, a rare, ultra-hard metal used for industrial tools like drillbits, as Chinese export controls have squeezed supply, threatening U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions to boost America's fossil fuel production. The metal's price has surged to over $600 per metric ton unit from around $330–$340 in early February, when Trump imposed a 10% tariff on Chinese goods and Beijing hit back with curbs on exports of five critical metals, including tungsten. China controls more than two-thirds of global tungsten production, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, making it difficult to replace its supply, industry experts said.

The late night host didn’t hesitate to shred the New York Democrat over the comedic fail.

TAIPEI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize if he is able to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping to abandon the use of force against Taiwan, President Lai Ching-te told a conservative U.S. radio show and podcast in an interview. Washington is Chinese-claimed Taiwan's most important international backer, despite the absence of formal ties, but since Trump took office this year he has not announced any new arms sales to the island. Trump is expected to meet Xi this month, and some foreign policy experts and people in Taiwan are concerned he may not be as committed as past U.S. presidents to the island's defense and might offer Beijing concessions to secure a significant trade deal.

The Democratic governors of California and Illinois are threatening to leave the National Governors Association because of its silence on President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops across state lines despite objections from the receiving states’ leaders. “If we cannot come together, on a bipartisan basis, on this basic principle of state sovereignty, what purpose does the National Governors Association serve?” California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked in a letter to the nation's other governors.

If you thought that the GOP’s government shutdown couldn’t get any worse, think again.� A draft memo from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget suggests that furloughed federal ...

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Costa Rica ’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal asked the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his immunity so he can face charges that he has been using his bully pulpit to meddle in upcoming elections. The request came just two weeks after a historic vote by the congress to reject another attempt to lift the president’s immunity so that he could be prosecuted on corruption charges. Costa Rica’s Supreme Court had made that request of the congress.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laughed off top Trump henchman Stephen Miller after he whined about her Monday night on Fox News. Miller appeared for a friendly interview with right-wing ...

One of the most vulnerable House Republicans up for reelection in 2026 told her colleagues that she will host a town hall meeting "when hell freezes over.”� CNN obtained audio of Rep. Mariannette ...

Except Donald Trump himself signed the current law requiring federal employees to get back pay.

President Donald Trump's administration warned on Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been long-standing policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House. Trump signed into law after the longest government shutdown in 2019 legislation to ensure federal workers receive back pay during any federal funding lapse.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Gaps in efforts by the U.S. and allies to restrict China's ability to manufacture advanced computing chips have allowed China to buy nearly $40 billion of sophisticated chipmaking gear, according to a bipartisan investigation by U.S. lawmakers. U.S. Democratic and Republican administrationshave tried to restrict China's ability to make microchips, viewing the industry ascrucial for national security. But inconsistencies in rules issued by the United States, Japan and the Netherlands have led to non-U.S. toolmakers selling to some Chinese firms that U.S. companies could not, according to a report by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on China seen by Reuters.

The European Union on Tuesday proposed cutting by almost half its tariff-free quota on steel and steel products, effectively adding large tariffs on imports from countries including China, India, Turkey and the United Kingdom, which said the measures would wreck the British steel industry. This is double the current 25% rate — a high price akin to U.S. President Donald Trump's steel measures. The proposal attempts to buttress Europe's traditional steel manufacturers by imposing trade barriers so that Europe's markets don't become flooded with imports diverted by high American tariffs imposed earlier this year.

National Guard members from Texas were getting settled at an Army Reserve center in Illinois on Tuesday, the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration's plan to send troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who has accused President Donald Trump of using troops as “political props” and “pawns,” said he didn't get a heads-up from Washington.

A draft White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't automatically entitled to back pay, and Congress may have to pass a law to grant it.