The Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, built during World War II, has long been operated for the federal government by private contractors. Over the past decade, a New York Times investigation found, the site has increasingly produced rounds for the commercial market as military demand has diminished. The Army says the commercial business is meant…
Former President Donald J. Trump, in a pitch to blue-collar workers on Wednesday, plans to speak at a Michigan auto parts factory, one day after President Biden joined a picket line for striking United Automobile Workers outside Detroit. But the factory, it turns out, is a nonunion shop, the company’s president said. Mr. Trump’s appearance,…
Ford is seeking to insulate itself from U.S.-China tensions by opting to own the factory entirely and only licensing technology from CATL, which supplies batteries to Tesla, BMW and other large automakers. “This project is aimed at de-risking that, by actually building out the capacity and capability to scale this technology in the United States,…
He wrote tens of thousands of jokes in his career — told by, among others, Dick Gregory, Jack Paar, Red Skelton and, for a while, President Gerald R. Ford.