A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to send unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country, writing that the government’s insistence that it came at parents’ request “crumbled like a house of cards.” Immigration lawyers raced to court in the middle of the night as the administration took steps to swiftly send...
President Trump on Thursday claimed late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had his show taken off the air "because he had bad ratings," shrugging off a question about whether it was an attack on free speech. A reporter with ITV in the United Kingdom asked Trump during a joint press conference with British Prime...
Former President Obama condemned President Trump’s comments Thursday celebrating the removal of Jimmy Kimmel’s show from various networks after the comedian joked about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against...
House Democratic leaders called for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr to resign Thursday after ABC announced it would stop airing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” due to the host’s remarks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. ABC’s decision to pull Kimmel’s show came shortly after Carr threatened during a podcast interview to revoke...
Starbucks workers took legal action against their employer on Wednesday, accusing the company of breaking the law by implementing a new dress code but allegedly refusing to reimburse employees for the associated expenses. Class-action lawsuits were filed in Illinois and Colorado on Wednesday. Workers also filed complaints with California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency, saying...
President Trump said Thursday that the recognition of a Palestinian state was a rare area of disagreement between him and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a joint press conference with the two leaders. Trump was asked about Starmer's impending recognition of a Palestinian state and what more he could say to Israel to stop...
Will artificial intelligence destroy undergraduate business education? As business school economists, we see the anxiety firsthand. If AI can prepare a balance sheet, price assets, and develop personnel plans more efficiently than twenty-something degree holders, it’s natural to worry whether demand for those degrees will persist. Recent labor-market developments seem to bear this out. Tasks...
Former Vice President Harris revealed in her upcoming book that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was her “first choice” for a running mate in her 2024 presidential run, but that he would have proved "too risky." The Atlantic reported on an excerpt of her book "107 Days" on Wednesday, which detailed Harris's assessment that “would...
First lady Melania Trump and Kate, Princess of Wales, visited with young children in the Squirrel Scouts program for a solo outing together. The two women went to Frogmore Gardens, an estate just south of Windsor Castle, where they were welcomed by television personality and Scout Association chief scout Dwayne Fields. Trump and the princess...
When Americans think of the Middle East, we often focus on the headlines: wars between states, clashes between Sunnis and Shias, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beneath those familiar stories lies a reality that makes fewer headlines yet determines whether peace is possible — the survival of vulnerable minority communities. From Syria’s Alawites to Yazidis to...
Miraculously, against all odds, Russian President Vladimir Putin is winning World War Three — just not on the bloody battlefields of Ukraine. In Ukraine, his battered military — after three-and-a-half years of his Special Military Operation and nearly 1.1 million casualties — remains mired in static trench warfare like World War One. But he is winning anyway in...
