The 2024 presidential campaign is perhaps the closest race in modern history. The candidates are in the final stretch, receiving endless advice from the media and their champions who know the slightest bump will carry one or the other to victory. I am going to give advice to both. First, Vice President Kamala Harris. Media contributors like James Carville and ...
The Treasury Department finalized a crackdown that will prevent the U.S. from investing in the development of military technologies in China this week. Hawks say the rule is ‘long overdue’ and not broad enough, while some are skeptical of taking U.S. investment power out of China. The rule prohibits U.S. financing of some China-based ventures and requires Americans to notify ...
Many big-rig truckers are backing former President Trump this cycle, amid worries surrounding how a Harris administration would affect the crucial auto industry, a trucking company executive admitted. The presidential election is just five days away, and Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have presented different futures for the auto industry while on the campaign trail. Mike Kucharski, co-owner and ...
The optics were perfect. The crowd was massive. The media reviews were glowing. But there was a fundamental contradiction at the heart of Kamala Harris’ speech on the Ellipse that virtually no one is talking about. First, I’ll give the vice president her due. It was a well-written address and strongly delivered. It contained a fair amount of policy, such ...
Brookfield, chaired by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney, has acquired a 12.45% stake in four UK offshore wind farms owned by Orsted for £1.75 billion ($2.3 billion). This significant deal includes the world’s largest single offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, located 55 miles off the Yorkshire coast with a capacity of 1.32 gigawatts—enough to power approximately 1.4 million ...
Aston Martin Lagonda, Britain’s only carmaker listed on the London Stock Exchange, is grappling with substantial financial setbacks, missing all 2024 targets as production cuts, supply chain issues, and a steep drop in Chinese demand impact performance. The luxury automaker, led by new CEO Adrian Hallmark, is burning through cash at over £1 million a day, with net debt climbing ...
Amid ongoing uncertainty around electric vehicle (EV) adoption timelines, demand for Land Rover and Range Rover plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) has surged. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the West Midlands-based, Indian-owned automotive group, has reported a 29% increase in global sales of its PHEV models for the first half of its financial year, ending in September. This shift towards hybrids reflects changing ...
President Biden was photographed playfully biting at least two babies dressed in Halloween costumes at the White House trick-or-treat event on Wednesday evening. Both children were carried by their mothers to visit the 81-year-old commander-in-chief, who didn’t seem to mind the interaction. One baby who was dressed as a chicken even giggled after Biden took a faux nibble of his ...
As White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to spin President Biden’s remark calling Trump supporters ‘garbage,’ saying the ‘president for all’ would never speak badly about people that support Trump, Biden’s former comments about MAGA Republicans are coming back to haunt him. During a press briefing on Wednesday, Jean-Pierre insisted that Biden was not calling Trump supporters garbage, but ...
One of former President Trump’s largest super PACs on Wednesday launched a $50 million ad campaign across major cable networks and streaming service providers in all seven battleground states, making a ‘final pitch’ to key voters in the final sprint to Election Day. The ads, slated to air beginning Wednesday night, were funded by Make America Great Again, Inc., (or ...