On Sept. 27, eleven workers at a Tennessee plastics plant were swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene while clinging to the back of a flatbed semitruck as the water rapidly rose. The truck was later struck by debris, causing at least 10 employees of Impact Plastics to be thrown into the floodwaters. Five workers…

The United States and China share a relationship that can be described as “complicated.” Their economies are deeply intertwined and interdependent. According to a Government Accountability Office report, nearly a third of foreign students and scholars in the U.S. are from China, with some involved in developing defense-related technologies. At first glance, the two countries…

Four weeks from today Americans head to the polls for Election Day 2024. By all accounts, it is an extremely close race for president with the result likely to be determined by a handful of states. A new poll, released by Reuters on Tuesday, Oct. 8, of just over 1,000 registered voters, shows Vice President…

Policies proposed by former President Donald Trump would add more than twice as much to the national debt as policies proposed by Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a bipartisan analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The middle estimate for Harris’ plans is that they increase the debt by $3.5 trillion through 2035,…

Boeing and machinists are back at the negotiating table the morning of Monday, Oct. 7, after more than a week of stalemate. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said Boeing’s last offer disrespected the entire union after the company released the terms to the public before the union had responded.  Even then, 80%…

The presidential candidates have now agreed to appear in separate town halls on the major Spanish-language network Univision. Vice President Kamala Harris will appear this Thursday, Oct. 10, in the battleground state of Nevada. Former President Donald Trump will be on next Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Miami. Latinos have grown at the second fastest rate…

Former President Donald Trump was in Wisconsin on Sunday, Oct. 6, underscoring how important the state is to winning the election. Trump won there in 2016. However, Joe Biden flipped it back to the Democrats column in 2020. Approximately 80% of Wisconsinites are white. So with Wisconsin viewed as a state that lacks diversity, both…

The next Federal Reserve rate decision may still be one month away, but traders are increasingly confident the Fed will cut by 25 basis points in November after seeing September’s jobs report. In new data out Friday, Oct. 4, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the U.S. economy added a surprise 254,000 jobs in September,…

The U.S. economy added far more jobs than anticipated in September while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%. According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the U.S. added 254,000 jobs in September when economists expected around 150,000. In August, preliminary data showed 142,000 jobs added and 4.2% unemployment. With…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R, launched a potential port strike workaround on Thursday, Oct. 3 for his state.  At a press conference, he said he will send the Florida National Guard and the Florida State Guard to critical ports to maintain order, and if possible, resume operations. “There are ships that have nothing to do…