Detroit — Ford announced this week it will stop producing the all‑electric F‑150 Lightning, take about a $19.5 billion charge, repurpose several EV facilities to produce gasoline trucks and battery energy storage, and lay off roughly 1,600 workers at a Kentucky battery plant while shifting focus to hybrids and smaller...
Washington. A federal judge refused to immediately halt construction of a new White House ballroom on Tuesday, after the National Trust for Historic Preservation asked for an emergency injunction. Judge Richard Leon found plaintiffs had not shown irreparable harm but barred below‑ground structural work for two weeks and ordered the...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week said the state will proceed with its proposed AI Bill of Rights despite President Donald Trump’s recent executive order seeking to limit state AI regulation. DeSantis told reporters Monday his proposals comply with the law and argued an executive order cannot preempt...
United States — State governments and federal agencies enacted and proposed regulatory policy changes to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rules this year. Multiple states, including Indiana and Louisiana, will bar SNAP purchases of sugary drinks, candy and certain processed foods beginning in 2026 after state approvals and USDA waivers in...
Los Angeles — Police found director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, dead at their Brentwood home on Sunday, and investigators arrested their son, Nick Reiner, on suspicion of murder Monday. Authorities executed a search warrant and described an ongoing homicide investigation after reporting the couple suffered apparent...
Washington Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell urged Congress Monday to remove Section 373 from the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, saying it would allow military helicopters to operate near commercial traffic without broadcasting precise locations after the January 29 midair collision that killed 67. They filed bipartisan...
Washington — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction, directing the Justice Department, Pentagon and other agencies to expand prosecutions, sentencing enhancements, financial actions and intelligence efforts. The order authorizes Department of Defense support for law...
WATERBURY, Conn. — City officials and utility crews are responding to a major water main break on Thomaston Avenue that left 60 percent of residents without safe drinking water and forced citywide school closures this week. Crews worked through the weekend, installed a bypass line and restored service to 40...
United States. State attorneys general in twenty states joined the Federal Trade Commission in amending a lawsuit against Uber Technologies and Uber USA, alleging Uber used deceptive free-trial offers that automatically converted into paid Uber One subscriptions, overstated savings, charged some customers before billing dates, and erected burdensome cancellation processes...
United States — School districts across states moved this week to address enrollment and budget pressures by proposing closures, consolidations, redistricting and construction. Columbus City School District will vote Dec. 16 on demolishing four recently closed buildings; Kyrene Elementary District will vote Dec. 16 on plans to close up to...
