The U.S. produced more oil in 2023 than has ever been produced in any year by any country, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Big Oil has become more productive as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which is also known as fracking, have seen technological breakthroughs. U.S. oil production hit a low of 5 … Read more
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 4, 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. 1st Gear: Volkswagen Could Soon Be In Deep Trouble Volkswagen is in deep shit. Now, its finance chief … Read more
On Tuesday, he demanded that Trump supporters stop calling Democratic nominee Kamala Harris by solely her first name. “I am urging you, from this day forward, never, ever, ever, to refer to Kamala Harris by her first name, only her first name,” the recently imprisoned Navarro said while filling in for current jailbird Steve Bannon … Read more
A funny thing happened on President Joe Biden’s way to lame-duck status: He started getting more popular, or at least less unpopular. Since Biden reluctantly stepped aside from the presidential race in late July, his approval rating has steadily ticked up to levels of popularity he had not seen in more than a year, an … Read more
Indian-Americans are now rallying behind Vice President Kamala Harris for the upcoming US presidential elections against Republican nominee Donald Trump. A group of Indian-Americans has launched a campaign on Tuesday to support Harris in key battleground states. The ‘Indian Americans for Harris’ campaign aims to rally support for Harris in states like North Carolina, Wisconsin, … Read more
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., August 29, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will unveil a new proposal to provide small businesses with a $50,000 tax deduction for startup expenses, ten times the current $5,000 allowable … Read more
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Fox News reporter Peter Doocy got into another verbal sparring match on Tuesday, this time over a question Doocy asked about Vice President Kamala Harris’ voice. The Fox News journalist, clearly at odds with Jean-Pierre about what constituted the most pressing news of the day, asked: “Since when … Read more
Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gestures during Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump’s rally in Glendale, Arizona, Aug. 23, 2024. Go Nakamura | Reuters When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped his independent White House bid and endorsed former President Donald Trump in August, he laid out an electoral strategy he … Read more
WASHINGTON — The same economic statistics, essentially the same economic message — the only difference is that Vice President Kamala Harris is having considerably better success selling them to Americans as she runs for president than did her boss and the sitting president, Joe Biden. Both point out that the economy is in far better … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris will propose a massive expansion of a key tax break Wednesday as part of a plan to see 25 million new small businesses created by the end of her term if she wins the White House, according to a campaign official. The plan is to be publicly proposed at a speech … Read more
