Trump says he will buy a ‘new Tesla’ to show support for Musk

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will buy a new Tesla car to show support for the electric carmaker’s chief and his ally Elon Musk amid recent “Tesla Takedown” protests and the slump
Kentucky bourbon makers fear becoming ‘collateral damage’ in Trump’s trade war

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — With a new distillery set to open soon, the makers of Brough Brothers bourbon in Kentucky were ready to put their business plan into action. They were looking to ramp up whiskey production
What to know about the Menendez brothers’ bid for freedom

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The district attorney of Los Angeles says he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez, brothers who have spent more than 30 years in prison for killing their parents at
The late US Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas to lie in state in Houston

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas, who died this month just weeks into first term in Congress, was scheduled to lie in state at Houston City Hall on Tuesday in the first of several public events honoring
Asian shares dip in an echo of Wall Street’s sell-off amid alarm over Trump’s tariffs

TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks dove Tuesday, as worries grew about the ripple effects from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on regional economies and companies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dove 1.7% in morning trading to 36,382.57. Australia’s S&P/ASX
Immigration officials defend authority to hold migrants at Guantanamo Bay

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. immigration and military authorities disclosed Monday that immigrants from 27 countries were being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba, while revealing new details of conditions of confinement and defending
US private funds ask SEC to rethink Gensler-era rules

By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Managed Funds Association, a private fund industry group, has urged the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to reform or withdraw regulations introduced over the past four years. The recommendations, including
New York fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system, but said enough officers had come back
USDA cuts over $1 billion in funding for schools, local food purchases

(Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two federal programs that spent over $1 billion annually to help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches, according to a school group and a
Audit: Drugs, gun missing from evidence room of troubled Alabama police department

HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dozens of oxycodone pills, other drugs and a handgun were among the items missing from the evidence room of a troubled Alabama police department, the district attorney said Monday. Cullman County District Attorney