The top car makers in the U.S.—faced with widespread strikes since 15 September—paid a combined tax rate of just 1 percent on pre-tax income on $42 billion in profits, and insist that they do not have the funding to increase pay for workers by 40 percent over four years and improve retirement standards.
A newly released survey by Harris Poll for Bloomberg found that about 45 percent of Americans from 18 to 29 are living at home with their families—a number not seen since the 1940s.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., claimed that he accidentally pulled a bright red fire alarm inside the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday while the House debated a stopgap funding measure.