Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/picture alliance via Getty Images
Ford announced Thursday it will invest $1 billion and add 500 jobs to two Chicago-area manufacturing facilities to expand production of the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator, CNBC reports.
The big picture: Ford is simultaneously making cuts to its overseas workforce, specifically in Europe as President Trump pressures U.S. automakers to boost hiring at home. In 2017, Ford cancelled its plans to open a plant in Mexico.
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel and President Trump arrives at the U.S. Capitol in March. Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images
President Trump signed a bill to extend current levels of government funding after funding expired briefly, White House spokesperson Judd Deere confirmed early Thursday.
Why it matters: The move averts a government shutdown before the Nov. 3 election. The Senate on Wednesday passed the legislation to fund the federal government through Dec. 11, by a vote of 84-10.
The Shady Fire ravages a home as it approaches Santa Rosa in Napa County, California, on Sept. 28. The blaze is part of the massive Glass Fire Complex, which has razed over 51,620 acres at 2% containment. Photo: Samuel Corum/Agence France-Presse/AFP via Getty Images
More than 1,700 firefighters are battling 26 major wildfires across California, including in the heart of the wine country, where one mega-blaze claimed the lives of three people and forced thousands of others to evacuate this week.
The big picture: More than 8,100 wildfires have burned across a record 3.9 million-plus acres, killing 29 people and razing almost 7,900 structures in California this year, per Cal Fire. Just like the deadly blazes of 2017, the wine country has become a wildfires epicenter. Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma, and Shasta counties.