Trump, Biden campaigns spar over support of UAW workers, EV mandates

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Thursday urged the United Auto Workers union to back his campaign, a day after the union’s president met with President Joe Biden after raising concerns about electric- vehicle policies. Trump, the former Republican president seeking a return to office in 2024, said Democrat Biden was “waging…

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Blinken to visit Tonga, New Zealand, Australia July 24-29 -State Dept

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Tonga, New Zealand and Australia next week to discuss regional security and cooperation and attend the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the State Department said on Thursday. Blinken plans to dedicate a new U.S. Embassy in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, a Pacific island the United States considers…

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U.S. court tosses challenge to EPA’s greenhouse gas ‘endangerment finding’

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to reconsider lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gasses, including carbon dioxide, pose a danger to human health and welfare. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc filed…

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Biden asks aides for options preventing future debt limit crisis

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden asked a group of aides to explore “all legal and policy options” to prevent another debt limit standoff, the White House said on Thursday. Last month, the Democratic president signed a bipartisan deal after excruciating negotiations with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that narrowly averted…

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Stellantis unit official pleads guilty to felony in US diesel emissions probe

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Fiat Chrysler auto engineer charged with making misstatements to U.S. regulators about diesel engines’ emission control systems pleaded guilty to a felony, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. The Justice Department said the guilty plea by Emanuele Palma accompanies the earlier conviction of Fiat Chrysler, now part of…

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