DETROIT - The General Motors Foundation will donate $2.5 million to the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.

A lot of words have been written in the past few post-tsunami weeks about the negative impact of the disastrous tragedy on the short-term future of Japanese cars in the U.S. market.

On May 19, 2009, President Obama announced a new national fuel economy program requiring an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 miles per gallon for new light vehicles sales by 2016.

A Manufacturing Agenda for America We need a Manufacturing Driven policy agenda to:

Ford Motor Co. (F) said growth in Asia and increasing demand for small cars will boost global sales 50 percent to 8 million vehicles annually by 2015 as the automaker switches gears from restructuring to expansion.

It was two years ago when Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne appeared at the airline-terminal-size Chrysler headquarters near Detroit to address a demoralized staff. They were as skeptical as the rest of the auto industry about their newly installed chain-smoking, sweater-clad, Italian-Canadian CEO and his mission to rescue Chrysler, a company burning through $1 billion a month.

DETROIT—Midwestern auto-industry towns that were hit hard in the recession are becoming an important backdrop for President Barack Obama and other Democrats hoping to use reinvigorated factories to paint a picture of the improving economy ahead of the 2012 elections.

Japanese automakers should look over their shoulders when it comes to relationships with their suppliers: Detroit automakers are catching up, according to an annual study that measures this crucial partnership.

Matt Blunt has a big job ahead of him. 

As the new head of the American Automotive Policy Council, a lobbying group formed in late 2009 by Chrysler, Ford (F) and General Motors (GM), the former governor of Missouri has a story to tell about America's beleaguered auto companies: They're back.