‘Like the DMV on an industrial scale’
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance on Monday slammed the Harris-Biden administration's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Helen, likening it to an “industrial-scale DMV.” Vance (R-Ohio) defended the Trump campaign's complaints that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is sending “significant amounts of money” to assist illegal immigrants released into the United States. […]
First Industrial Action in Almost 50 Years
Tens of thousands of longshoremen along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico went on strike early Tuesday, the first industrial action by the U.S. Longshoremen's Union in nearly half a century. Negotiations over wages and automation have stalled in an “stalemate” that could cost the U.S. economy $5 billion a day. Port facilities from […]
Planned new bike lane in industrial NYC neighborhood has business owners fuming: ‘Just not safe’
Businesses in one of Long Island City's last industrial areas say gentrification has its limits, and planned new bike lanes Placed them Over the edge. Local business groups argue that bike lanes in the trendy Queens neighborhood are dangerous for truck drivers, not to mention cyclists. “Not every road can have bike lanes. You can't […]
Stock market today: Dow Jones Industrial Average inches up to another record high in mixed trading – The Associated Press
Wall Street hit new record highs on Tuesday, even as major stock indexes were little changed after a lackluster day of trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9 points, or less than 0.1%, to hit its second all-time high in two days. The index has risen for eight consecutive days. The benchmark S&P 500 […]
Italy, China announce 3-year industrial cooperation plan as EU-China trade war fears loom
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Beijing and announced that Italy and China had signed a three-year action plan to implement past agreements and experiment with new forms of cooperation. Meloni is seeking to improve relations between the two countries after withdrawing from China’s Belt and Road Initiative amid growing fears of a trade war […]
Restoring America’s military industrial base
Determined to subjugate Taiwan under Chinese Communist Party rule, China is building warships and weapons at a vast pace and scale. Our military — and economy — simply is not ready. If Taiwan falls, the American alliance structure in the Pacific will suffer a potentially deadly blow. China will be able to compel the political […]
Treasury Secy Yellen Warns Of China’s Industrial Strategy To Flood Excess Goods
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen presides over and speaks at a meeting of the Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council in Washington, DC, May 10, 2024. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) OAN’s Stephanie Meyers5:20pm – Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stressed the need for the United States and Europe to respond to […]
JD Vance claims Biden’s focus on green energy hurts the ‘industrial heartland’ states central to November
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) criticized the Biden administration’s focus on green energy, arguing that this attention is coming at the cost of the United States’s “industrial heartland.” The administration announced last week that it would place tariffs on $18 billion of imports from China in an effort to protect American workers and businesses. Vance, who […]
Dow Jones Industrial Average passes 40,000 as Wall Street cheers slowing inflation
On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 40,000 points for the first time in history as Wall Street cheered the prospect of slower inflation and lower interest rates. The iconic stock index rose about 111 points to about 40,020 points just before 11 a.m. Thursday. The Dow was founded in 1895 and includes the […]
Extreme weather in Guangzhou kills five and brings destruction to China’s industrial heartland | China
A tornado struck the Chinese city of Guangzhou over the weekend, killing at least five people and injuring 33 others, state media reported. In the latest episode of extreme weather to hit the country’s industrial heartland. China’s official Xinhua news agency said a tornado struck the capital of the country’s southern Guangdong province on Saturday. […]