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Sep 8 2025 // The immigration raid on a Georgia EV battery plant run by two South Korean firms has rattled Seoul, coming less than two weeks after President Lee Jae Myung’s White House meeting with Donald Trump where Korean...
Aug 5 2025 // Days after floods killed at least 135 people in Texas Hill Country, weather scientist Neil Jacobs appeared before a Senate committee as the nominee to lead the US agency that oversees forecasting. He vowed to create a...
Aug 20 2025 // The fatal explosion last week at U.S. Steel’s Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as the iconic American company was emerging from a long period of uncertainty.The fortunes...
Aug 22 2025 // Postal services across the world are suspending parcel deliveries to the US, citing confusion about how to process millions of low-value packages that will lose their duty-free treatment next week.As of Aug. 29, President...
Aug 29 2025 // Sunny skies and mild temperatures this week greeted the biggest US farm show of the year. The contrast couldn’t be greater with the sentiment among attendees as low crop prices and trade tariffs squeeze the...
Dec 11 2025 // The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington and...
Aug 25 2025 // The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to Oregon State University. Long after the...
Sep 2 2025 // A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president’s use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool.The court...
Aug 13 2025 // A United States Steel Corp. plant in Pennsylvania that experienced an explosion that killed at least two people has a history of accidents and violations over the past 15 years.The Clairton Coke Works plant near...
Dec 19 2025 // American beef plants are under threat as the number of cattle destined for their facilities stays far below historical levels, reflecting the smallest herd in more than half a century.Cattle placed in US feedlots, where...
Aug 13 2025 // The liability litigation environment in the U.S. continues to be challenging, driven by increases in nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts, rising attorney representation rates and evolving litigation...
Aug 5 2025 // Mike Parrish has been named the chief executive officer of Howden U.S., a new U.S. retail broking business of Howden, and he will start in September subject to his “fulfillment of relevant contractual...
Dec 11 2025 // More than 30 U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels doing business in Venezuela could face punishment by Washington after the Coast Guard seized a supertanker carrying Venezuelan crude for export, according to shipping data.The...
Aug 1 2025 // The Trump administration has billed its plan to undo U.S. climate regulation as a way to cut costs for industry, but it may backfire by forcing automakers, utilities, and manufacturers into a future of regulatory...
Nov 13 2025 // China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft of about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s most recent attempt to attribute major cyberattacks to the...
Nov 10 2025 // President Donald Trump on Friday accused meatpacking companies of driving up U.S. beef prices, which have hit records, through manipulation and collusion, and ordered the Justice Department to investigate.Attorney General...
Jul 29 2025 // The Trump administration is set to announce its plans to abolish the US government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, threatening to strike a deep blow at Washington’s ability to fight climate change.The...
Sep 9 2025 // Already sluggish adoption of electric vehicles in the US will slow even further after a $7,500 tax credit for EV buyers expires later this month.Battery-powered cars will account for half of US auto sales in 2039, five...
Oct 7 2025 // President Donald Trump said 25% duties on medium- and heavy-duty trucks would begin Nov. 1, the latest expansion of his tariff regime aimed at protecting domestic industries.The proposal has been subject to an intense...
Nov 17 2025 // Already suing the current CEO of Howden US and others–all former employees–broker Marsh has filed a new lawsuit against another group of former employees now at Howden US for breach of various employee...