Amazon is planning to lay off up to 30,000 corporate employees starting Tuesday, Reuters reports. The online retailer currently employs 1.55 million people and plans to reduce expenses by addressing over-hiring that occurred during the pandemic when the company added workers to meet high demand. Of the approximately 350,000 corporate employees, about 10% are expected […]
With a little more than a week before election day in New York City, Zohran Mamdani made a surprise appearance this week at PinkPantheress’ tour opener, standing in the crowd with “Our Time Has Come” and “Vote Nov 4” written across his palms. The moment drew cheers — and quickly went viral on social media. […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he is “about to pull $160 million from California” over what he calls illegal commercial driver’s licenses for noncitizens. He also warned in a Fox News interview on Sunday that the state could lose its ability to issue the licenses. The California Department of Motor Vehicles countered that the Trump […]
CNN’s chief executive officer reportedly asked the network’s journalists to reduce coverage of President Donald Trump’s East Wing demolition of the White House last week, according to a report in the media news outlet Status. The request reportedly came after the executive, Mark Thompson, met with Trump at the White House. CNN strongly pushed back […]
In a McCook courtroom, a years-old state work camp became the center of a growing debate over Nebraska’s role in federal immigration enforcement. A district court judge ruled that state officials acted within their authority to repurpose the Work Ethic Camp into a detention site for immigration detainees, clearing the way for “Cornhusker Clink” to […]
President Donald Trump is in Japan after starting his Asia tour — and he predicts that a major trade deal with China could be just days away. Plus, U.S. military power is moving closer to Venezuela. The USS Gravely has docked in Trinidad as a show of force. Caracas is calling it a “hostile provocation.” […]
Each October, a sea of pink floods streets, social media and storefronts as millions rally behind a global movement that began as a week-long campaign to promote breast cancer awareness. Now four decades strong, the initiative has evolved into a powerful global force for advocacy, research and early detection. It’s been 40 years since that […]
Jamaica is now in the direct path of one of the strongest hurricanes the Caribbean has seen in decades. Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm early Monday morning, and it is projected to hit the island nation early Tuesday. High surf is already pounding Kingston, with waves crashing over seawalls and flooding streets. […]
Argentina’s President Javier Milei is claiming a major victory Monday morning. He won key districts in midterm elections and secured what he calls a mandate to keep remaking his country’s economy. Milei says his La Libertad Avanza party won 14 seats in the Senate and 64 in the lower House. The votes are enough to […]
A guided missile destroyer, the USS Gravely, docked in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday. The ship is part of what the Trump administration calls a counterdrug operation, but one that’s drawing outrage across the region. Venezuela is calling the move a “hostile provocation” after the U.S. also moved the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford closer […]
