WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Friday denied that the U.S. offered Mexico tariff relief in exchange for investigating high-level politicians.

Check out this article for all you need to know about NASCAR Cup Series' Viva Mexico 250 including date, time, drivers, and more.

NASCAR’s first Cup Series race outside the United States was off to a bumpy start with several teams yet to arrive in Mexico City because of travel issues in North Carolina.

The throaty roar of NASCAR Cup Series engines will reverberate through the Valley of Mexico this weekend, marking a bold international gambit for America's beloved motorsport as it races beyond its traditional borders.

The road course in Mexico City has been repaved and reconfigured since the Xfinity Series’ last visit with drivers tackling a 15-turn, 2.42-mile layout. There are 39 drivers on the entry list, and they all will race because of an international provisional that added a spot for a 39th qualifier (who will be ineligible for prize money or points).

Shares of General Motors are up before the opening bell after announcing plans to invest $4 billion to shift some production from Mexico to U.S. manufacturing plants as the automaker navigates tariffs that could drive prices higher.

Mexico's central bank should avoid cutting its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points until inflation resumes a clear downward trajectory, Deputy Governor Jonathan Heath told Reuters, adding his view is in the minority among the five-member board.

On Friday, the NASCAR Mexico Series race was moved up to 1 p.m. ET, and two Cup practices were shifted to 4:05 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET. Xfinity Series practice was moved to Saturday at 11:05 a.m.

Mexico's Senate president, Gerardo Fernandez Norona, commented this week on unrest over deportations in Los Angeles: FERNANDEZ NORONA: That city (Los Angeles) has been ours. That state has been ours.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Trump administration is pressuring Mexico to investigate and prosecute politicians with suspected links to organized crime, and to extradite them to the United States if there are criminal charges to answer there, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Alfredo Linares and Raegan Kline closed their business to move to Mexico, but it was worth it to avoid getting separated if Linares was deported.

Any hurricane or tropical storm threatening Houston or the Texas coastline draws power from the heat energy stored in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Just two weeks into the Atlantic hurricane season,