Day: December 20, 2024

Thousands of Amazon workers from California to New York remain on strike as the Teamsters try to pressure the retail giant into allowing them to join contract negotiations. Workers at seven facilities have been striking over the company’s refusal to recognize the union and its contract negotiation needs. The Teamsters only represent ten thousand of the million and a half Amazon employees and Amazon says this strike will not disrupt holiday deliveries. FOX’s Eben Brown speaks with Madison Alworth, FOX Business Network correspondent reporting from outside an Amazon delivery hub in Maspeth, NY, who says Amazon has told FOX Business that the work stoppage has been created and “manufactured” by the Teamsters. Click Here To Follow ‘The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition’
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AP correspondent Norman Hall reports President Joe Biden has outpaced Donald Trump’s judicial confirmations.

Friday on the News Hour, after much wrangling, Congress moves to avoid a government shutdown with a new funding bill. Top U.S. diplomats meet the new leaders of Syria who overthrew the Assad regime and are now attempting to rebuild the war-torn country. Plus, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank share how their lives have been upended by Israeli crackdowns following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. PBS News is supported by – https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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AP correspondent Norman Hall reports Trump-ally Elon Musk’s opposition to a congressional spending bill to keep the government operating was based in part on misinformation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson secured enough votes to pass a government spending bill hours before the deadline. Authorities in Germany say at least two people are dead after a driver plowed into a crowd. A US delegation met with the leader of a rebel group that has taken control in Syria. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing several US banks over their handling of fraud on Zelle. Plus, the Food and Drug Administration has updated its standards for “healthy” foods for the first time in 30 years.
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