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Companies are finally getting fed up with remote work

2 years ago
I've seen a lot of stories like this lately: Tech companies that led the way in embracing remote work early in the pandemic are increasingly leading their workers right back to the office—whether they like it or not. Alphabet-owned Google, Lyft, Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Salesforce have all recently walked back remote-work policies they ...continue reading "Companies are finally getting fed up with remote work"
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They won’t have George Soros to kick around anymore

2 years ago
At age 92, he's stepping down: George Soros, the legendary investor, philanthropist and right-wing target, is handing control of his $25 billion empire to a younger son—Alexander Soros, a self-described center-left thinker who grew up self-conscious of the family’s wealth and wasn’t thought to be a potential successor. The 37-year-old, who goes by Alex, said ...continue reading "They won’t have George Soros to kick around anymore"
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Unsealed indictment charges Trump with 37 counts of illegal behavior

2 years ago
The indictment against Donald Trump in the classified documents case has been unsealed. It includes 37 separate counts: The bulk of the charges in the 49-page indictment, unsealed Friday afternoon, relate to willful retention of national defense information — a violation of the Espionage Act that pertains to whether individuals broke the rules for the ...continue reading "Unsealed indictment charges Trump with 37 counts of illegal behavior"
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Here’s what Trump was talking about in that taped conversation

2 years ago
What exactly was Donald Trump talking about in his recorded conversation about secret documents and Mark Milley, his Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? And what document was he waving around during this conversation? Here's the background. In the middle of 2020 Milley nearly resigned because he believed Trump was "doing great and irreparable ...continue reading "Here’s what Trump was talking about in that taped conversation"
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Trump admits he can’t declassify secret documents

2 years ago
CNN has a transcript of a 2021 conversation in which Donald Trump is complaining that Gen. Mark Milley said Trump wanted to attack Iran. Then he waved around a document that apparently says the opposite: This totally wins my case, you know. Except it is like, highly confidential. Secret. This is secret information....As president, I ...continue reading "Trump admits he can’t declassify secret documents"
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Trump indicted in classified documents case

2 years ago
Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges related to the classified documents he withheld from investigators after taking them to his home in Mar-a-Lago when he left office: The Justice Department took the legally and politically momentous step of lodging federal criminal charges against former President Donald J. Trump, multiple people familiar with the ...continue reading "Trump indicted in classified documents case"
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