Politics & Policy

Mark Sanford endorses Ralph Norman in SC Senate runoff

By Ben Whedon

Trump announces plan to increase beef imports and lower prices that ranchers previously criticized

In response to Trump's past efforts to waive higher quotas for beef imports, the American beef industry has argued the plan hurts ranchers.

ICE begins deportations for Haitians who lost TPS

The first deportation flight left the U.S. on Thursday, with 160 people aboard.

Rubio edges Vance in 2028 matchups with Dems: Poll

Rubio managed to handily defeat AOC, earning 48% support to her 43%. Vance, meanwhile, still outperformed her, but by a narrower, 46% to 44% margin.

West Coast Teamsters endorse Harris in break with main union

Teamsters Joint Councils 7 and 42, which represent 300,000 union members in California, Nevada, Hawaii, and Guam, said they support Harris and her running-mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, because of their history in supporting labor unions and expanded protections for workers.

Politics & Policy

'BE SMART': Trump again urges GOP not to pass budget bill without SAVE Act

The House is expected to vote on a continuing resolution with the SAVE Act attached on Wednesday evening, though several Republicans have announced their opposition to the plan and it is not expected to pass.

Energy

Chuck Schumer, electric bus, Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2023

Electric bus program concerns highlighted by oversight subcommittee

"It is clear the $5 billion Clean School Bus Program is overall a failure and, in many cases, a waste of Americans' hard-earned taxpayer dollars," Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA, said in a news release.

Elections

Harris reacts to Fed rate cut: 'I know prices are still too high'

The Fed reduced rates by a half-point on Wednesday, which was the first rate cut since 2020 during the COVID pandemic.

Elections

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Politics & Policy

While press peppers Vance with ‘gotchas,’ real voters seek substantive answers from him and Trump

Vance held events in Sparta, Mich., and Eau Claire, Wis., during which he took questions from local and national media. Trump, meanwhile, held a town hall event with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark., and answered questions from the audience.

Politics & Policy

Teamsters decline presidential endorsement for first time in decades, after members back Trump

It's refusal to endorse a candidate, however, follows polling that showed members of the union overwhelmingly preferred former President Donald Trump.