Author: Daniel snow

UAW Local 5960 member Kimberly Fuhr inspects a Chevrolet Bolt EV during vehicle production on May 6, 2021, at the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township, Michigan.Steve Fecht for ChevroletDETROIT — General Motors plans to invest $4 billion in three American assembly plants, including adding production of two popular vehicles that are currently built in Mexico.The Detroit automaker announced the plans Tuesday, as there have been few indications of progress in trade talks between the Trump administration and Mexican leaders. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump implemented 25% tariffs on imported vehicles and 25% tariffs on many auto…

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesIn the three trading days since Elon Musk’s war of words with President Donald Trump last week sank Tesla’s market cap by 14% in a single session, the stock has rallied almost all the way back. Tesla shares rose 5.7% on Tuesday to close at $326.09 on Tuesday, leaving the stock about $6 short of where it was trading last Wednesday, before the Musk-Trump brouhaha exploded across social media.…

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Terry Moran on ABC News on November 5, 2024.David Russell | Disney General Entertainment Content | Getty ImagesABC News said Tuesday it is cutting ties with star correspondent Terry Moran over a social media post that called President Donald Trump and top White House advisor Stephen Miller world-class haters.Moran had already been suspended over the post, which he had deleted.”We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post – which was a clear violation of ABC News policies – we have made the decision to not renew,” an ABC News spokesperson said…

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leaves on his way back to the U.S., while trade talks between the U.S. and China continue, in London, Britain, June 10, 2025. Toby Melville | ReutersU.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday he is departing ongoing trade talks with China because he has to travel to Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress the next day.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will remain in London to continue the negotiations with Beijing, which are still underway after two lengthy days of talks, Bessent said.Lutnick said earlier that the parties were “trying to…

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Between 2020 and 2025, you had a lot of folks allied with Trump, making plans during the interim between his two terms to invoke the Insurrection Act more quickly and more rapidly in the event of violent protests. So against this backdrop, you get a sense — and you’ve long had a sense — that the administration is spoiling for a fight, and when I say a fight, I don’t mean a political fight, I mean a literal fight in the streets.And so when the protests kicked off in Los Angeles and they devolved from peaceful protests into violent protests…

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A Forum 555 leader, the retired Israeli Air Force helicopter pilot Guy Poran, sent me Agmon and Arad’s letter to see if I could get it published as a Times Opinion guest essay. I told them I wanted to publish an excerpt myself. They wrote:We do not seek to downplay the monstrous nature of the massacre committed by Hamas terrorists on that cursed Saturday. We believe the war was fully justified. …However, as the war in Gaza dragged on, it became clear that it was losing its strategic and security purposes and instead served primarily the political and personal interests…

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