Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), embarked on a two-day bus tour through southeast Georgia on Wednesday as part of an effort to reach voters in more rural pockets of the battleground state. Harris and Walz stopped at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, a town of roughly 35,000...
Lowe’s Home Improvement is rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, joining several other companies to do so amid conservative backlash targeting such initiatives following the the Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action in college admissions. According to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press, executive leadership said the company began “reviewing”...
Americans are nearly split over whether they believe artificial intelligence (AI) will decrease the number of available jobs in the future as the technology advances, according to a new poll. According to a new YouGov poll, released Tuesday, 34 percent of employed Americans said they are very or somewhat concerned about the possibility of AI...
Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Renewables jobs grew faster than overall energy sector in 2023 Jobs in the renewable energy sector grew at twice the rate of overall U.S. jobs last year, the Energy Department said Wednesday in its annual U.S. Energy...
Police use of force has overall remained stagnant since the 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent worldwide protests, with some jurisdictions reporting an increase in use of force, according to new data released Wednesday. While a U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics survey found that an estimated 350,000 people reported facing physical force by police each year...
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) is appearing Wednesday evening in Wisconsin to promote the Trump campaign's policies for the economy and energy. Vance's Wisconsin visit takes the Ohio senator to building materials manufacturer Amerilux International. It will be his second stop at an infrastructure company in a swing state today, following close...
The Trump campaign has blamed Arlington National Cemetery for a confrontation during former President Trump’s visit there Monday. The incident occurred when a photographer walked around the cemetery with Trump, sparking concerns about violations of restrictions on political activities in military cemeteries. According to Arlington National Cemetery’s media policy, filming and photographing is not authorized...
A group supporting electric vehicles (EVs) announced Wednesday it is buying six figures worth of advertisements in Michigan. Joe Sacks, executive director of the American EV Jobs Alliance, the group behind the ads, declined to provide a more specific number beyond six figures. Asked who was funding the group, Sacks said backers include “companies and...