Wildfire Burns Near Mount Rushmore Week Before Trump Visit June 26, 2020 CUSTER, S.D.– South Dakota is bringing in more resources to fight a wildfire that burned Thursday near Mount Rushmore ahead...
Trump’s Grid Order Baffles Utilities Over What They Can Buy June 25, 2020 By Gerson Freitas Jr., Kartikay Mehrotra and Stephen Cunningham U.S. utilities are scrutinizing their suppliers of transformers and other power-grid equipment for ties to China as they await details...
US Cities Erupt in More Violence Amid Threats From Trump June 3, 2020 By Zeke Miller, Tim Sullivan and Aaron Morrison WASHINGTON — American cities erupted in violence and destruction in a seventh straight night of unrest, with several police officers...
Tesla, California County Reach Deal to Reopen U.S. Plant Next Week May 14, 2020 By David Shepardson Tesla Inc. and officials in California have resolved their acrimonious clash over safety procedures at the automaker’s sole U.S. assembly...
Senators, Business and Labor Feel Their Way on Virus Liability May 13, 2020 By Ben Brody Congressional Republicans have made liability protection for employers a nonnegotiable demand in any new coronavirus stimulus, but Senator Lindsey Graham,...
Trump Wants California to Let Automaker Tesla Reopen Assembly Plant May 13, 2020 By Nathan Frandino FREMONT, California — President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged that Tesla Inc be allowed to reopen its electric vehicle assembly...
Infections Near U.S. Meat Plants Rise at Twice National Rate May 12, 2020 By Mike Dorning, Dominic Carey and Dave Merrill The coronavirus spread at more than twice the national rate in U.S. counties with major meatpacking plants in the first...
Trump’s Slaughterhouse Order a Blunt Tool Against Political Risk May 4, 2020 By Mike Dorning and Polly Mosendz President Donald Trump’s unprecedented order to keep U.S. slaughterhouses running is a blunt instrument to stave off a catastrophe threatening...
JBS Reopens Pork Plant to Put Down Pigs, Dispose Of Carcasses, Not Produce Meat April 30, 2020 By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, April 29 — Meat producer JBS said on Wednesday it was reopening a Minnesota pork plant shuttered by the...
Companies Seek to Limit Legal Liability For Virus Infections April 29, 2020 By Anne D'Innocenzio and Eric Tucker As companies start planning their reopenings, business groups are pushing Congress to limit liability from potential lawsuits filed by workers...