General Motors is set to lay off more than 2,000 workers in Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, the company announced on Wednesday, citing “slower” EV sales. GM’s Detroit-area electric vehicle plant was hit the hardest, with roughly 1,200 employees being informed that they were no longer needed, The Detroit News reported. The all-electric Factory Zero Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will shut down completely from November 24 until January 5, after which it will operate on a single shift. Around 2,000 employees will stay employed at the plant, and cuts will be based on seniority. Another 550 employees will be cut at GM’s Ultium Cells battery plant near Youngstown, Ohio, with 850 more workers expected to be laid off temporarily. At another GM Ultium Cells battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, 700 workers will be temporarily laid off as well, according to The Detroit News. “In response to slower near-term EV adoption and an evolving regulatory environment, General Motors is realigning EV capacity,” the Michigan-based automaker said. “Despite these changes, GM remains committed to our U.S. manufacturing footprint, and we believe our investments and dedication to flexible operations will make GM more resilient and capable of leading through change. Impacted employees may be eligible for SUB pay and benefits in accordance with the National GM-UAW Agreement.” Last week, GM said it would lay off around 200 salaried employees at its global tech campus in metro Detroit as part of a restructuring effort for its “design engineering teams,” CNBC reported. Join us now during our exclusive Deal of the Decade. Get everything for $7 a month. Not as fans. As fighters. Go to DailyWire.com/Subscribe to join now. After President Donald Trump eliminated the Biden administration’s $7,500 EV tax credit and cut back on regulations for gas-powered vehicles, GM said that it would lose around $1.6 billion related to changes the company would have to make to its EV rollout, NBC News reported. “Following recent U.S. government policy changes, including the termination of certain consumer tax incentives for EV purchases and the reduction in the stringency of emissions regulations, we expect the adoption rate of EVs to slow,” GM said last month. During the third quarter of this year, the automaker reported huge sales of EVs, doubling the numbers reported in the same quarter last year. The Q3 bump in EV sales, however, came before the tax credit was terminated on September 30, as part of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” The elimination of the EV tax credit and regulatory changes have also affected major EV companies, such as Tesla and Rivian, and other auto giants that have focused on producing more electric vehicles. Tesla sales dropped this year, and GM and Ford have pumped the brakes on EV production. Due to the Trump administration’s recent actions, Ford CEO Jim Farley predicted that “EV adoption will now only be about 5% of the U.S. market.”

One of the largest insurance companies in the country is removing commitments to being “anti-racist” and other DEI-related materials from its website as it promises to embrace a culture of meritocracy.  The Chubb Corporation has deleted or edited numerous webpages in recent weeks to remove information detailing multiple “racial justice” programs and its commitment to “inclusive hiring.” The changes come after The Daily Wire reported earlier this month on the scale of Chubb’s DEI initiatives and highly partisan comments from its CEO attacking North Carolina over a bill to keep men out of women’s bathrooms.  Deleted webpages include one called “Advancing Racial Justice,” which detailed various “racial justice” programs at Chubb. “We believe in being anti-racist because a rejection of racism alone is insufficient. We have a responsibility to do our part – with candor, open minds and a commitment to change,” the company said on the now-deleted page. The page included information on Chubb’s “Race Matters” platform, intended to “facilitate greater consciousness of racism and understanding of the Black experience,” and on “inclusive hiring” practices, which placed a “special emphasis on professionals from underrepresented groups.” Asked to explain the changes, a spokesman for Chubb, the largest commercial lines insurer in the United States and operating across 54 countries, said they were made to ensure the website “better convey[s]” the company’s culture.  “We have always strived to be a meritocracy. We made changes to the content on our website to better convey our culture,” a Chubb spokesman told The Daily Wire of the changes. Many corporations have publicly moved away from DEI in recent years as customers have reacted negatively to corporate leftwing activism. Over the last month, Chubb has faced a national campaign from conservative groups like Consumers’ Research over some of the leftist policies it once highlighted on its website.   A number of major corporations, like John Deere and Tractor Supply, have backed away from corporate DEI initiatives since the 2024 election. Some pages were just edited to remove some information. On its “Rule of Law Fund” page, for example, Chubb removed information about $1.1 million in donations it made, in part, to “understand and reduce racial inequities throughout the criminal justice process.”  Join us now during our exclusive Deal of the Decade. Get everything for $7 a month. Not as fans. As fighters. Go to DailyWire.com/Subscribe to join now. A video taken down from its YouTube page featured Chubb Corporation CEO Evan Greenberg attacking North Carolina Republicans over a 2016 bill aimed at protecting women’s privacy. “The rights of individuals, including our personal freedom and right to pursue happiness, are a universal right. We protect them. Actions like those in North Carolina and other states to discriminate against sexual preference and strip citizens of their protections, do not reflect who we are as a nation, and are ultimately, I believe, a threat to democracy,” Greenberg said. A variety of other DEI-related pages were edited or removed from the webpage.  This included information on its commitment to no longer underwriting “the construction and operation of new coal-fired plants or new risks for companies that generate more than 30% of their revenues from coal mining or energy production from coal.” Other information that was removed focused on programs specifically for women, its Global Climate Business Unit, and sponsorship of a DEI festival. “In our journey to become a more equitable workplace, Chubb has developed a series of accelerator programs around the world designed for women at all stages of their career,” it said on a now-removed page on “Accelerating Opportunities for Women.” 

Taylor Sheridan, the Academy Award–nominated creator behind “Yellowstone,” will depart Paramount for NBCUniversal when his contract ends in 2028, according to a recent announcement. This is a big deal because Sheridan is responsible for several other Paramount hits, including “1923,” “Tulsa King,” “Special Ops: Lioness,” and more popular projects. Sheridan didn’t give a statement explaining why he’s leaving, but anonymous sources say it was partly due to creative differences with Paramount’s new leadership. This includes the director’s reluctance to work on a special project celebrating America’s 250th anniversary next year, which was reportedly requested by the company’s new CEO, David Ellison, whom President Donald Trump has called a good friend. Per The Wall Street Journal, Sheridan didn’t want to make anything “overtly political.”  It’s worth noting that while “Yellowstone” was very popular with a conservative audience, especially in the early seasons, the show’s creator explicitly stated that he didn’t want it to be. Join us now during our exclusive Deal of the Decade. Get everything for $7 a month. Not as fans. As fighters. Go to DailyWire.com/Subscribe to join now. “They refer to it as ‘the conservative show’ or ‘the Republican show’ or ‘the red-state Game of Thrones,’ ” Sheridan told The Atlantic in 2022. “And I just sit back laughing. I’m like, ‘Really?’ The show’s talking about the displacement of Native Americans and the way Native American women were treated and about corporate greed and the gentrification of the West, and land-grabbing. That’s a red-state show?” He said the same in 2019, calling the idea of “Yellowstone” advancing conservative ideas “the most ridiculous thing.” Budgets are clearly a major concern months after the close of the $8.4 billion merger of Paramount and Skydance. Per a memo from Ellison, 1,000 employees are being laid off this week, and 1,000 more will be let go soon. The CEO told staff, “These steps are necessary to position Paramount for long-term success.” Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder of Oracle, backed his son David Ellison’s company, Skydance Media, in its takeover of Paramount Global. While David serves as CEO, Larry remains the primary financial force behind the deal, operating largely behind the scenes. Ellison, who has a close relationship with President Trump, is also working with him on a deal involving TikTok’s U.S. operations.

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