Analysis-Trump fuel economy rollback may make cars cheaper, but higher gas bills will absorb savings
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s proposal to roll back Biden-era vehicle fuel efficiency standards may save automakers in the U.S. tens of billions of dollars and potentially lower upfront purchase costs
Rubio and Hegseth meet Australian counterparts with China expected to be focus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are meeting their Australian counterparts Monday in Washington for annual talks expected to focus on Indo-Pacific security and countering China’s increasing assertiveness in the
Congress considers requiring US military to use helicopter safety alerts near DC airport, report near misses
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – U.S. military helicopters on training missions would need to broadcast alerts to nearby commercial aviation aircraft around Reagan Washington National Airport to avoid collisions under annual defense policy legislation unveiled
US households’ personal finance worries grew in November, New York Fed says
Dec 8 (Reuters) – U.S. households grew more downbeat on their current and future financial situations in November, even as their expectations for the future trajectory of inflation held steady, a New York Federal Reserve report released
Court clerk who helped with Alex Murdaugh’s trial pleads guilty to showing sealed exhibits
ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. (AP) — The former court clerk in South Carolina who helped out with the murder trial of attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges for showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer
Murals at a housing project in Portugal highlight UN goals and build local pride
AMADORA, Portugal (AP) — One mural, “No Poverty,” shows a Black woman tenderly braiding the hair of a white woman — a snapshot of family bonds that grew out of difficult times. Another, called “No Hunger,” depicts
Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising
The Supreme Court weighs Trump’s bid to fire independent agency board members
The Trump administration’s push to expand control over independent federal agencies comes before a sympathetic Supreme Court that could overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members. Lawyers for the administration are defending President Trump’s decision to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter without
US Supreme Court turns away appeal of Texas library book ban
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court in a free speech case on Monday opted not to hear an appeal by a group of residents of a rural Texas county of a
Washington’s Mayor Bowser says the city’s police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pamela Smith, who was catapulted into national attention after President Donald Trump moved to federalize Washington’s police force and who worked to confront rising violence in the nation’s capital, is stepping down as the
