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Tillis Right, Whatley Wrong: Trump’s War on Clean Energy Delays 500 Jobs for North Carolina
Washington, DC – Epsilon Advanced Materials, a battery materials manufacturer, is pushing back the groundbreaking of their planned $650 million factory to late 2026, delaying 500 good-paying jobs in Brunswick County.
February 2, 2026
Manufacturing Layoffs Continue in Michigan Auto-Industry Thanks to Trump’s War on Clean Energy
Washington, DC – Another electric vehicle battery manufacturing company in Detroit is laying off 29 employees, the latest in a long string of manufacturing plants that have laid off workers or shuttered their doors thanks to Trump and Republicans.
January 22, 2026
Trump Officials Visit Detroit Auto Show as Energy Costs Skyrocket & Thousands of MI Autoworkers Are Laid Off
Detroit, Mich. — Days after Trump’s visit to Michigan, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin are visiting the Detroit Auto Show to try to spin the administration’s terrible economic record. Reporters attending the Detroit Auto Show should ask how Trump and Republicans are making cars more affordable when they are: Trump has […]
January 16, 2026
Trump Officials Visit Ohio as Energy Costs Skyrocket & Hundreds of Ohio Autoworkers Are Laid Off
Toledo, Ohio — Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Ambassador Jamieson Greer are visiting the Ford Motor Company Ohio assembly plant and the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex. Reporters attending the press conferences with Administrator Zeldin and Secretary Duffy should ask how Trump and Republicans are making life more affordable when they are: Earlier […]
January 16, 2026
FACT CHECK: Trump Claims He is Bringing Back American Manufacturing Days After GM Lays Off 1,100 Michigan Workers
Washington, DC – In Michigan today, Trump claimed that Ford and General Motors are investing in American jobs thanks to him, but both companies have laid off thousands of auto-workers in Kentucky and Michigan as a result of his reckless policies.
January 13, 2026
GM Permanently Lays Off More Than 1,100 Workers in Michigan Thanks To Trump’s War on Clean Energy
Washington, DC – As Trump spends taxpayer dollars and risks American lives in pursuit of expensive foreign oil in Venezuela, here at home, Americans are facing pink slips and skyrocketing prices.
January 9, 2026
BREAKING: 143 Workers in Michigan Laid Off Thanks to Trump’s War on Clean Energy
Washington, DC – Avancez, a supplier for General Motors’ All-Electric Factory Zero Plant, is permanently laying off 143 workers at their Oakland County, Michigan plant.
November 19, 2025
ICYMI: The Detroit News: EV and battery investments boosted GOP districts. Under Trump, it’s going away
Washington, DC – Reporting from the Detroit News reveals that congressional Republicans voted to slash funding for the clean energy projects that they once celebrated.
November 14, 2025
Shot/Chaser: Trump Betrays Lordstown on Auto Jobs – Again
Washington, D.C. – In 2017, Donald Trump promised workers in Lordstown, Ohio that he would keep the local auto plant open, telling residents “don’t sell your houses” because the jobs would be staying. But two years later, it closed nonetheless.
October 30, 2025
BREAKING: GM Lays Off 1,200 Workers At Michigan EV Plant, Hundreds More At Tennessee, Ohio Battery Plants
Washington, D.C. – The Detroit News reported that General Motors is laying off 1,200 workers at its electric vehicle plant in Detroit, along with hundreds of additional permanent and temporary layoffs at battery plants in Ohio and Tennessee.
October 29, 2025