U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is expected to urge Republicans on Saturday to back a short-term funding bill with disaster relief that could avert a partial government shutdown by gaining support from Democrats, a source familiar with the plan said. The source, who asked not to be named in order to discuss internal deliberations, described…
Introduction It’s important for both safety and efficiency that the tyres on your car are properly inflated. Underinflated tyres can cause a number of problems, such as less control, more gas use, and even tyre blowouts. Getting a small auto air pump is the best way to avoid having to drive to the gas station…
Billionaire Elon Musk waded into the U.S. immigration debate on Thursday, paying a visit to the Texas border with Mexico to meet with local politicians and law enforcement and obtain what he called an “unfiltered” view of the situation. Musk’s visit came as thousands of migrants have ventured to northern Mexico in recent days on freight trains…
Republicans leading an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden detailed foreign payments to members of his family in their first hearing on Thursday, but did not provide evidence that the Democratic president had personally benefited. The initial impeachment hearing by the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee served as a review of evidence that Republicans have…
A Michigan judge on Friday was set to rule on whether a teenager who fatally shot four classmates and wounded six other people at his high school outside Detroit two years ago is eligible for a sentence of life in prison without parole despite his young age. At a hearing at Oakland County Circuit Court,…
United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain is expected to launch walkouts at more Detroit Three auto factories Friday, barring last-minute progress in bargaining that has moved slowly since last week. UAW members, Wall Street investors, industry executives and the White House are watching to see whether Fain shuts down powertrain factories or plants that assemble the…
When Carolina’s captors arrived at dawn to pull her out of the stash house in the Mexican border city of Reynosa in late May, she thought they were going to force her to call her family in Venezuela again to beg them to pay $2,000 ransom. Instead, one of the men shoved her onto a…
Presidential rivals Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis will court Republicans on Friday in California, a glittering prize in the race for the party’s 2024 nomination and home to many wealthy donors. Trump, the former president and runaway frontrunner to be the party’s nominee in the November 2024 general election, and Florida Governor DeSantis are speaking…
The number of people crossing the perilous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia has hit a record high of 400,000 in the year to September, official data showed, as migration to the United States intensified despite efforts to curb the flow. More than half of those migrants were children and babies, Panama’s security ministry said…
Donald Trump’s political operation has helped pay the legal expenses of more than a dozen people contacted by prosecutors investigating the former president, tying up millions of dollars that otherwise could be used for his 2024 White House bid. Reuters has identified 13 potential witnesses or co-defendants who were represented by law firms that received…
