White House officials not going to Detroit for auto talks
A United Auto Workers member on a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Sept. 15, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images …
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House GOP pulls key vote to advance stopgap government funding bill
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks with reporters as he walks to the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters …
U.S. national debt tops $33 trillion for first time
The U.S. Department of the Treasury building is seen in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2023. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The national debt of the U.S. …
Americans plan to cut spending through holidays, survey says
U.S. consumers have cut back on spending this year, and they plan to continue to do so through the holidays, a new CNBC-Morning Consult survey has found. The vast majority …
Food prices, climate change and global aid
Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, speaks at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 357 union hall following a tour of the JATC training facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, on …
Union president downplays Biden role in talks
Breaking with the long-standing tradition of the “handshake ceremony” with the auto executives of the Big Three auto makers to open contract talks, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain instead …
Sanders to address UAW strike rally in Detroit after bashing carmakers
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) arrives to the U.S. Capitol Building on June 01, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders will address striking autoworkers in …
McDonald’s advocacy group criticizes new California fast food bill
After California lawmakers passed a landmark fast-food bill, an independent advocacy group of McDonald’s owners is pushing back against what it says will be a “devastating financial blow” to its …
SpaceX Starlink service in Ukraine subject of Senate letter
SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk, arrives for a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September …
Trump criticizes UAW leadership amid strike, warns auto workers’ jobs are moving to China
Donald Trump and Kristen Welker Getty Images WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump warned that U.S. auto workers’ jobs will move to China and accused the United Auto Workers’ leadership of failing …