Construction machines are still roving around Ford Motor Co. ’s new factory in Marshall, Michigan, but their work is almost done — and it’s a scene to warm President Donald Trump’s heart. An iconic US company is poised to cut the ribbon on its first wholly owned domestic greenfield plant in half a century, and bring manufacturing jobs and money to a slice of small-town America that’s been starved ...
Construction machines are still roving around Ford Motor Co. ’s new factory in Marshall, Michigan, but their work is almost done — and it’s a scene to warm President Donald Trump’s heart. An iconic US company is poised to cut the ribbon on its first wholly owned domestic greenfield plant in half a century, and bring manufacturing jobs and money to a slice of small-town America that’s been starved of both. The twist in the tale: All this comes with a big assist from China, where Trump is headed this week to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping. For its $3 billion BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, Ford linked up with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. , or CATL, the Chinese behemoth that leads the world in battery tech. Antagonism between the superpowers has made this kind of partnership increasingly rare — and controversial enough to draw flak, from the streets of Marshall to the halls of Congress . The plant got built anyway. On a sunny April afternoon, crews were installing a few last bits of equipment, and prepping parking lots for some 1,700 employees who are slated to start production of electric-vehicle batteries within months. One possible question for Trump and Xi, at their May 14-15 summit in Beijing, is whether this collaboration could be a blueprint for more. The two leaders have much else to discuss, from tariff rates to America’s attack on Iran and the energy crisis it’s caused. Still, Chinese investment in the US, which has slowed to a trickle since Trump’s first term, has been a key background issue in previous talks . Beijing pushed last year for a rollback of national-security restrictions on Chinese deals in the US — floating the potential for the kind of big-dollar capital flows that Trump likes to tout in his second term, worth as much as $1 trillion. But there’s little sign of progress since then on a mooted investment board. For Chinese firms, the hurdles are especially high in the auto sector, where US manufacturers worry they’ll be unable to co...
K-pop superstar G-Dragon’s decision to gift his long-serving staff members flats worth a combined total of hundreds of millions of won (around several hundred thousand USD) has sparked a frenzy among netizens, with some asking, “Are you still hiring?” Dubbed the “King of K-pop,” the 38-year-old singer Kwon Ji-yong, better known as G-Dragon in the entertainment industry, is one of the most popular ...
K-pop superstar G-Dragon’s decision to gift his long-serving staff members flats worth a combined total of hundreds of millions of won (around several hundred thousand USD) has sparked a frenzy among netizens, with some asking, “Are you still hiring?” Dubbed the “King of K-pop,” the 38-year-old singer Kwon Ji-yong, better known as G-Dragon in the entertainment industry, is one of the most popular stars in South Korea and across Asia. He is the leader of BigBang, one of the world’s bestselling...
Renowned biologist Xu Xianzhong has returned to China, taking up a full-time position in the southern tech hub of Shenzhen, months after four researchers in his laboratory at the University of Michigan were accused by the United States of “biological material smuggling”. Xu, a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science – has joined the Shenzhen Medical Academy of...
Renowned biologist Xu Xianzhong has returned to China, taking up a full-time position in the southern tech hub of Shenzhen, months after four researchers in his laboratory at the University of Michigan were accused by the United States of “biological material smuggling”. Xu, a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science – has joined the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior investigator with its Institute of Bio-Architecture...
(RTTNews) - The China stock market rebounded on Monday, one session after ending the four-day winning streak in which it had advanced more than 100 points or 2.5 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 4,225-point plateau and it's expected to open in the gre
(RTTNews) - The China stock market rebounded on Monday, one session after ending the four-day winning streak in which it had advanced more than 100 points or 2.5 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 4,225-point plateau and it's expected to open in the gre
Cameron Hamilton led FEMA briefly in 2025. He was removed by the Trump administration after telling Congress that the agency should continue to exist. Now, he's been nominated to lead it once again. (Image credit: Jose Luis Magana)
Cameron Hamilton led FEMA briefly in 2025. He was removed by the Trump administration after telling Congress that the agency should continue to exist. Now, he's been nominated to lead it once again. (Image credit: Jose Luis Magana)
Jeffries Calls On Half-Dozen Democratic States To Start 'Aggressive' Redistricting Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday named six Democratic states he wants to join New York in pursuing mid-decade redistricting ahead of the 2028 election—a longer-term play as both parties have raced to redraw maps before the November 2026 midterms. “...
Jeffries Calls On Half-Dozen Democratic States To Start 'Aggressive' Redistricting Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday named six Democratic states he wants to join New York in pursuing mid-decade redistricting ahead of the 2028 election—a longer-term play as both parties have raced to redraw maps before the November 2026 midterms. “It’s going to be incredibly important that states like New York, New Jersey, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Maryland and Illinois are aggressive in moving forward to ensure that there’s a fair national map, particularly in light of what the Supreme Court’s attack on the Voting Rights Act has unleashed,” Jeffries said in an interview with CNN published on May 8. Congressional maps are slated to be redrawn after the next census in 2030. The comments came the same day that the Virginia Supreme Court voided an April referendum that would have allowed state Democrats to redraw Virginia’s congressional map ahead of the November midterms. Democrats had said the new Virginia map could result in their having 10 congressional seats to only one for Republicans. Virginia now has six Democratic members of Congress and five Republicans. Jeffries called the Virginia ruling “unprecedented” and “undemocratic” in a statement released by his office on Friday. “Over three million Virginia citizens cast their votes in a free and fair election, yet the State Supreme Court has chosen to invalidate their voice, disenfranchise them and violate their due process rights,” Jeffries said in the statement. He added, “We are exploring all options to overturn this shocking decision. No matter what it takes, House Democrats will win in November so we can help rescue this nation from the extremism being unleashed by Donald Trump and Republicans.” Despite the setback, Jeffries told CNN that Democrats could still flip “at least two” GOP-held seats in Virginia under the existing congressional map. “If the curre...