Neither Trump nor Harris secures union backing

Neither Trump nor Harris secures union backing

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday announced it will not formally endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, ending months of speculation about whether the labor union would back Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris. The union’s general executive board said in a statement that its member polling showed no majority support … Read more

Powell downplays impact of rate cut on Trump-Harris presidential race

Powell downplays impact of rate cut on Trump-Harris presidential race

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2024.  Tom Brenner | Reuters Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested that Wednesday’s larger-than-expected interest rate cut may have a limited effect on the presidential race … Read more

Elon Musk’s X ‘declined to send’ appropriate witness to Senate hearing

Elon Musk’s X ‘declined to send’ appropriate witness to Senate hearing

As the riots raged in the U.K., Elon Musk began making incendiary comments about the situation, including the statement: “Civil war is inevitable.” Musk is the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as X. Aytug Can Sencar | Anadolu | Getty Images While top executives from Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft are headed … Read more

Republican former officials endorse Harris over Trump

Republican former officials endorse Harris over Trump

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 12, 2024. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images More than 100 Republican former lawmakers and officials endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in a letter, while warning that their own … Read more

Trump plans could be paid for with tax cuts, deregulation

Trump plans could be paid for with tax cuts, deregulation

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said former President Donald Trump could pay for his presidential campaign’s economic proposals by rolling back corporate regulation and expanding tax cuts to stimulate growth. “You have to bring about a pro-growth economy, and you do that with a combination of aggressive use of the tax code and … Read more

‘If I Don’t Win, You Will Have No Auto Industry’ Claims Trump While Ranting About Chinese EV

‘If I Don’t Win, You Will Have No Auto Industry’ Claims Trump While Ranting About Chinese EV

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 18, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Chrysler 300C Ends Production 1st Gear: Trump Warns Pivot To EVs Will Kill America’s Auto Industry Election … Read more

Black men voting Trump are Harris key target in NABJ speech

Black men voting Trump are Harris key target in NABJ speech

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 17, 2024.  Piroschka Van De Wouw | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday laid out how her economic proposals could specifically help young Black men, a key Democratic voting bloc … Read more

Trump says he will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week

Trump says he will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with former U.S. President Donald Trump before a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Republican nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week. Speaking at his first public … Read more

Harris beats Trump is CNBC Fed Survey most likely outcome

Harris beats Trump is CNBC Fed Survey most likely outcome

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, at the White House, Washington, July 22, 2024, and former President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, Aug. 15, 2024. Nathan Howard | Jeenah Moon | Reuters For the first time in the 2024 election cycle, Vice President Kamala Harris is viewed as more likely than former President Donald Trump to … Read more

It’s Well Past Time For The U.S. Government To Remove Elon Musk’s Security Clearance

It’s Well Past Time For The U.S. Government To Remove Elon Musk’s Security Clearance

Elon Musk has been an irredeemable weirdo for years, but recently his absurdist rhetoric and cringe memelord persona has swung violently toward the political alt-right. In a recent (now deleted) tweet he wondered aloud why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris haven’t yet been assassinated. This man, particularly as head of SpaceX, is a major contractor … Read more