Auto worker strike creates test of Biden's goals on labor and climate

The United Auto Workers go on strike against the country's biggest car companies.

The strike involves 13,000 workers so far, less than a tenth of the union's total membership.

It's a sharp test of Biden 's ability to hold together an expansive and discordant political coalition.

Biden is trying to turbocharge the market for electric vehicles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Energy Department announced a $9.2 billion loan for battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky , part of a joint venture by Ford and a South Korean company, Fain said the federal government was "funding the race to the bottom with billions in public money" A spokesman for Biden 's campaign said Trump "will say literally anything to distract from his long record of breaking promises".