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Microsoft to lay off 9,000 employees
Wednesday’s move follows two waves of layoffs in May and June, which saw Microsoft fire more than 6,000…
July 3, 2025
Layoffs reach highest level since 2020
In the first half of 2025, companies announced 744,308 job cuts nationwide, the highest tally since the first…
July 3, 2025
Job report shows worst employment drop in years in massive blow to Trump economy…
Private sector hiring shrunk dramatically last month in a worrying sign for the the US economy. Private payrolls…
July 3, 2025
Trump big bill building big police state…
…the bill, which emerged out of its Senate reconciliation session in a blizzard of votes to amend it…
July 3, 2025
Justice Dept. explores using criminal charges against election officials
Such a path could drastically raise the stakes for federal investigations of state or county officials, bringing the…
July 3, 2025
ICE arresting US citizens to meet quotas…
“It’s arrest now, ask questions later,” adds Dominique Boubion, an attorney representing Andrea Velez, a U.S. citizen who…
July 3, 2025
Pentagon concedes Iran strikes only delayed nuclear program ‘by up to two years’
The Pentagon on Wednesday sharpened its assessment of Iran’s nuclear program, declaring that Iran’s ability to build a…
July 3, 2025
CBS latest news giant to bend to Trump’s power…
Paramount and CBS are following what is — by now — a well worn path of corporate deference…
July 2, 2025
Military trailblazer gunning for Poilievre in rural Alberta byelection…
Bonnie Critchley says she’s running as an independent because she’s grown disillusioned with partisan politics…
July 2, 2025
Gender-neutral pronouns banned in German civil service
Education minister Karin Prien told officials that they must stop inserting the ‘gender asterisk’ into nouns and written…
July 2, 2025
Generative AI making running online business a nightmare
Since ChatGPT’s debut in 2022, online businesses have had to navigate a rapidly expanding deepfake economy, where it’s…
July 2, 2025
Iran suspected of scouting Jewish targets in Europe
Iran is suspected of collecting information on Jewish targets in Berlin to prepare for possible attacks, German authorities…
July 2, 2025
Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump team emails
In online chats with Reuters on Sunday and Monday, the hackers, who go by the pseudonym Robert, said…
July 2, 2025
George Bush issues rare critique of Trump…
Former president makes thinly veiled swipe at US president’s cuts to HIV and aids initiative…
July 2, 2025
U.S. holding detainees from Asia, Africa and Europe at Guantanamo Bay immigration facilities
The Trump administration recently transferred immigration detainees from countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean to detention…
July 2, 2025
Pentagon halting some promised munitions for Ukraine
The Pentagon has halted shipments of some air defense missiles and other precision munitions to Ukraine due to…
July 2, 2025
US Air Force to use leftover ICBM funds to revamp Qatar gift plane for Trump
Some experts have warned revamping a Qatar-donated Boeing 747-8 — which would only be used for a relatively…
July 2, 2025
Mystery surrounds Epstein files after Bondi claims ‘tens of thousands’ of videos
The FBI, she said, was reviewing “tens of thousands of videos” of the wealthy financier “with children or…
July 2, 2025
Big, beautiful rip-off bill: Voting for Trump is about to cost this MAGA county billions
The president is planning to cut $793bn from Medicaid’s budget over 10 years, delivering a hammer blow to…
July 2, 2025
Trump selling $250 bottles of cologne and perfume as Senate debates future of his big, ruinous bill
As Trump milks his base — who already have had opportunities to buy worthless bitcoins and all kinds…
July 2, 2025