Town Hall News

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors’ Cruise driverless car unit said on Tuesday it will pause all supervised and manual car trips in the U.S. and expand the scope of investigations at the robotaxi operator in the aftermath of an accident that initially led to the suspension of driverless vehicle operations. “This orderly pause is a further step to rebuild public trust while we undergo a full safety review,” Cruise said […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Toymaker Lego will invest more than $200 million to expand its plant in the northen Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, the state’s government said on Tuesday. The government cited two figures for the investment: $205 million and $250 million. A spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for clarification about the size of the funds set to go toward the expansion. Lego did not immediately […]

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, has promised to crack down on illegal immigration and restrict legal immigration if elected to a second term in office. Here are some of the policies under consideration: BORDER ENFORCEMENT Trump has said he would restore his 2019 “remain in Mexico” program, which forced non-Mexican asylum-seekers seeking to enter […]

By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping began his first visit to the United States in six years on Tuesday just after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a thinly veiled swipe at Beijing by stressing the need for freedoms and rule of law. Xi is on his first visit to the U.S. since 2017. He is due to meet U.S. President Joe […]

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Climate change harms Americans physically, mentally and financially, often hitting those who have done the least to cause it, including Black people facing floods in the South and minorities enduring searing heat in cities, a federal report said on Tuesday. More than a dozen U.S. agencies and about 750 scientists produced the National Climate Assessment, meant to crystallize the top science on the problem and […]

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – A 24-year-old man initially ruled incompetent to stand trial on charges that he fatally shot 10 people inside a Colorado grocery store in 2021, but later deemed mentally fit, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder charges on Tuesday. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa entered his plea in Boulder District Court after a judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to try him on […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a stopgap measure to avert a partial federal government shutdown, as wide swaths of lawmakers from both parties showed support for the bill. The short-term legislation now heads to the Senate, where Democratic and Republican leaders have voiced support. To prevent a shutdown, the Senate and Republican-controlled House must enact legislation that President Joe Biden can sign into law […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said the “killing of women, of children, of babies” in the besieged Gaza Strip must end, in his sharpest criticism of Israel since war against Hamas broke out over a month ago. Canada has maintained that Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas after the Palestinian militant group attacked southern Israel last month, killing 1,400 people and taking […]

By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged President Joe Biden to use his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to push for the release of Americans detained for years in China, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Democratic Senator Ben Cardin wrote to Biden to push for immediate freedom for Mark Swidan, Kai Li […]