Susan Carpenter

1 week ago | ny1.com | Susan Carpenter

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a new campaign to promote American-made vehicles and automotive tourism on Thursday. Introduced through a car show outside U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters, which Duffy said will be annual, the Great American Road Trip commemorates America’s upcoming 250th anniversary with a new website highlighting 250 U.S. destinations.

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Carpenter

After years of increasing prices and prohibitive mortgage rates, it’s becoming a buyer’s market for homes. There are nearly 500,000 more people selling homes in the United States than buying them, according to a new analysis from the real estate website Redfin.

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Carpenter

LOS ANGELES — A 4-year-old girl from Mexico with a critical medical condition is at risk of being deported following the Trump administration’s revocation of her family’s humanitarian parole. The girl, whose lawyers have given her the pseudonym Sofia Villa, has been in the United States since July 2023, when she and her parents were allowed into the country to receive medical treatment for a condition that requires her to be fed intravenously 14 hours each day.

1 week ago | spectrumnews1.com | Susan Carpenter

NEW YORK — One day after General Motors announced it made its largest investment ever in an engine plant to make gas- and diesel-powered V-8s for trucks and SUVs, CEO Mary Barra said the Big Three automaker still believes in an all-electric future. Speaking during the Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything conference Wednesday, Barra said the $888 million investment in the V-8 engine plant is aligned with GM's goal of improving fuel efficiency and offering customers more choice.

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Susan Carpenter

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the $12.5 billion the House approved earlier this month in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act won’t be enough to fix the country’s decades-old air traffic control system. Saying the upgrade will cost tens of billions of dollars, Duffy said he is working with Congress to give the Federal Aviation Administration all the money it needs up front to fast-track modernization of the U.S. airspace.