Teamsters president to rally with workers as Amazon strike set to go into 2nd day

by admin | Dec 20, 2024 | Business

Amazon workers in New York striking Thursday morning. Image via WABC.(NEW YORK) — Workers affiliated with the Teamsters began striking at Amazon facilities across the country Thursday morning — in what the union calls the largest strike in history against...

Trump endorses GOP leadership’s spending deal that would avert shutdown

by admin | Dec 19, 2024 | Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesPresident-elect Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a spending deal that House Republican leadership said it had reached to continue to fund the government through March and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week.”All...

Democrats dig in while GOP negotiates with themselves as shutdown looms

by admin | Dec 19, 2024 | Politics

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — GOP House leaders and Vice-President-elect JD Vance continue to meet behind closed doors in Speaker Mike Johnson’s office Thursday to craft a path forward and reach a budget deal — hoping to both appease...

Trump says he gave permission to Elon Musk to trash GOP-proposed spending bill on X

by admin | Dec 19, 2024 | Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, after rejecting House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avoid a government shutdown, worked the phones on Thursday, showing wavering confidence in Johnson and claiming he is aligned with...

Potential government shutdown impacts: Millions of federal workers at risk of furlough

by admin | Dec 19, 2024 | Politics

Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — If Congress fails to pass the continuing resolution to fund the government by Saturday, millions of federal workers could head into the holidays without paychecks. They could be furloughed or be asked to work...