Factbox-Corporate America Pledges Donations for Trump’s Inauguration
Dec. 27 By Jaspreet Singh Big companies from Wall Street to Silicon Valley are pledging donations to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund before his Jan. 20 return to the White House, hoping to establish a positive rapport with his new administration. The companies include: ADOBE Adobe…
Drones, Vaccine Claims and Government Cuts: Fact-Checking Trump’s First Post-Election Press Conference
Dec. 16 By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton President-elect Donald Trump gave a wide-ranging news conference in Florida on Monday, addressing a host of hot-button issues like political pardons, drone sightings, vaccines, the southern border wall and more. Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago estate, the hour-long press conference was…
FBI Director Chris Wray to Resign Following Trump Nomination of Patel
Dec. 14 By Sarah N. Lynch FBI Director Chris Wray will step down from his post early next year, he said on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump signaled his intent to fire the veteran official and replace him with firebrand Kash Patel. His resignation…
Affirmative Action Opponents Sue US Air Force Academy
Dec. 12 By Nate Raymond The group that successfully persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to ban race-conscious admissions at civilian colleges is expanding its fight to end affirmative action at military academies with a new lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force Academy. Students for Fair…
NASA Announces Further Delays in Artemis Moon Missions
Dec. 5 By Joey Roulette NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Thursday new delays in the U.S. space agency’s Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972, pushing back the next two planned missions amid potential policy changes under…
Biden Pushes Out Over $100 Billion in Clean Energy Grants as Term Winds Down
Dec. 3 By Valerie Volcovici U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said. The administration hopes the spending milestone will help…
Weather Permitting, UPS, FedEx Poised for On-Time US Holiday Gift Deliveries
Dec. 2 By Lisa Baertlein The weak demand bedeviling package delivery companies like United Parcel Service and FedEx promises to be great news for online U.S. shoppers who want quick, on-time holiday gift delivery. Barring an unexpected surge in online gift buying due to severe…
Trump Picks Massad Boulos to Serve as Adviser on Arab, Middle Eastern Affairs
Dec. 1 By Andrea Shalal and Maya Gebeily U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said Lebanese American businessman Massad Boulos would serve as senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social. Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany,…
Tips for Holiday Travelers as New U.S. Consumer Protections Kick In
Nov. 26 By Chris Taylor If you thought last year’s holiday travel was insane, well, buckle your seatbelt. AAA projects 79.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from their home over Thanksgiving, an increase of 1.7 million over last year. Transportation Secretary Pete…
CEO of German Engineering Group Vows Transparency After Deadly U.S. Dock Collapse
Oct. 30 By Tom Kaeckenhoff DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – The chief executive of Germany’s Bilfinger has promised full transparency in investigating the collapse of a boat dock in the U.S. state of Georgia in which seven people were killed. “This will be analysed in full with…