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Trump administration drops legal defense of Biden-era noncompete ban

Trump administration drops legal defense of Biden-era noncompete ban

The Trump administration dropped its legal defense of an aggressive Biden-era ban on employee noncompete agreements, marking a return to the status quo for federal policy on labor competition.In court filings submitted Friday, the Justice...

South Korea wants workers detained in Georgia raid to be allowed re-enter US

South Korea wants workers detained in Georgia raid to be allowed re-enter US

South Korea said on Monday it was in talks with the United States over allowing the re-entry of hundreds of its citizens who were arrested last week during a US immigration raid at a car battery project and are due to be flown home soon. About 300...

Washington Commanders vs New York Giants 4th Quarter

Washington Commanders vs New York Giants 4th Quarter

The Washington Commanders first game of the 2025/26 season is finally here and it’s a home division game against the New York Giants. Washington swept them last season, and has the opportunity to get three wins in a row against the G-Men for the...

White House: Jobs Numbers Would Be Better if Rates Were Cut, Don’t Match with Rest of Economy, and Might Be Revised Up

White House: Jobs Numbers Would Be Better if Rates Were Cut, Don’t Match with Rest of Economy, and Might Be Revised Up

On Friday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett stated that “when we’re looking at all of the indicators, it’s looking like things are running very smoothly and that the economy is on...

What to know about the Hyundai-LG plant immigration raid in Georgia

What to know about the Hyundai-LG plant immigration raid in Georgia

This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees being escorted outside the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga Corey...

Georgia governor sending more than 300 troops to DC Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month.

Georgia governor sending more than 300 troops to DC Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month in the latest indication that President Donald Trump’s law enforcement operation in the...

Hundreds of Koreans arrested in immigration raid at Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia

Hundreds of Koreans arrested in immigration raid at Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia

US authorities carried out a massive immigration raid on a battery factory under construction in Georgia co-owned by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution on Sept. 4, 2025. (still from video posted to social media) The US Department of...

Casi 500 detenidos en redada en planta de Hyundai. En Georgia, el silencio es ensordecedor

Por Graham Hurley y Dalia Faheid, CNN Si conduces hacia Ellabell, Georgia, por la ruta estatal 204 –pasando unas casas prefabricadas, un par de iglesias y un Dollar General– jamás imaginarías que a solo unos kilómetros se levanta un enorme...

STREAM LIVE: Hearings for 61 defendants charged in Atlanta Public Safety Training Center protests

STREAM LIVE: Hearings for 61 defendants charged in Atlanta Public Safety Training Center protests

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A series of motions hearings are underway in what could be the largest criminal racketeering case in American history, right here in Atlanta. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer is overseeing the...

Ronald Brownstein: Democrats’ Senate problems are more than map-deep

Ronald Brownstein: Democrats’ Senate problems are more than map-deep

The odds of Democrats recapturing the Senate in next year’s midterm election are long. The usual explanation is that they are confronting a “difficult map,” with few opportunities to flip seats that Republicans now hold. That’s not wrong, but as...

South Korean Companies Halt Georgia Investments After ICE Raid

South Korean Companies Halt Georgia Investments After ICE Raid

Happy Monday! It's September 8, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans...

South Korea to fetch workers detained in Georgia raid

South Korea to fetch workers detained in Georgia raid

What happened South Korea Sunday said it will send an airplane to the U.S. to collect more than 300 of its citizens detained in an immigration raid on a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution electric-vehicle battery plant under construction in rural...

Comment: More than ‘the map’ complicates Democrats’ Senate hopes

Comment: More than ‘the map’ complicates Democrats’ Senate hopes

By Ronald Brownstein / Bloomberg Opinion The odds of Democrats recapturing the Senate in next year’s midterm election are long. The usual explanation is that they are confronting a “difficult map,” with few opportunities to flip seats that...

Trump’s Invasion of Washington DC Costs over $1 Million a Day

Trump’s Invasion of Washington DC Costs over $1 Million a Day

August 25, 2025 Inequality.org Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. And that’s true across the country. President Trump mobilized the D.C. National Guard under the guise of...

South Koreans feel betrayed over detainment of hundreds of workers at Georgia plant raid

South Koreans feel betrayed over detainment of hundreds of workers at Georgia plant raid

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained last week in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, as the incident caused...

Trump Raid on Hyundai Georgia Plant Arrests 475 for Visa Violations

Trump Raid on Hyundai Georgia Plant Arrests 475 for Visa Violations

Escalating Immigration Enforcement in Corporate America The Trump administration is signaling a ramped-up approach to immigration enforcement, with plans to scrutinize more businesses following a high-profile raid at a Hyundai Motor Group facility...

Governor Brian Kemp sends over 300 Guardsmen to support D.C. Public Safety Mission

Governor Brian Kemp sends over 300 Guardsmen to support D.C. Public Safety Mission

ATLANTA, GA — Governor Brian Kemp announced on Friday that the Georgia National Guard is providing support for the public safety mission in Washington, D.C. In a press release, it states 316 Guardsmen were sent and will mobilize in and around the...

Jason Black announces run for Georgia Senate District 47

Jason Black announces run for Georgia Senate District 47

Jason Black, an attorney and former law enforcement officer, has announced his candidacy for the Georgia State Senate in District 47 in the 2026 elections. Black, a Republican, said he is running to better represent the interests of Barrow,...

South Koreans feel betrayed after hundreds of workers were detained at Georgia Hyundai plant

South Koreans feel betrayed after hundreds of workers were detained at Georgia Hyundai plant

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, a spectacle that has caused...

White House, Georgia Democrats, Rep. Buddy Carter, more respond to Hyundai megasite arrests

White House, Georgia Democrats, Rep. Buddy Carter, more respond to Hyundai megasite arrests

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Multiple politicians have provided statements after this morning’s press conference on the Hyundai megasite HSI/ICE operation on September 5, 2025. At 3:37 p.m. today, September 5, 2025, the White House provided this...

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