Chinese electric vehicle maker Xiaomi said on Friday that it will set up a committee of advisers to assess the safety of its cars, as it moves to combat rising criticism over a recent spate of accidents. The company also plans to hold regular meetings with car owners, media and experts to hear their suggestions regarding the safety of its vehicles, with the first session set for the first half of this year, Hou Jinglei, head of Xiaomi's EV safety department. Learn More

With Republicans defending a narrow Senate majority, a messy Texas primary threatens to turn one of the party’s safest seats into an unexpected battleground for control of Congress - a scenario incumbent John Cornyn warns would be the “kiss of death” for Republicans in Texas. Public opinion polls show Cornyn, 74, a traditional establishment conservative first elected to the Senate in 2002, trailing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, 63, a populist Trump ally who has built hi

U.S. producer prices accelerated in January, with the cost of goods outside the volatile food and energy category increasing by the most in more than three and a half years as businesses passed on import tariffs and raised prices at the start of 2026. The stronger-than-expected increase in the Producer Price Index reported by the Labor Department on Friday reinforced economists' expectations that the Federal Reserve would not resume cutting interest rates before its June 16