Silicon Valley is reeling from Trump’s new H-1B visa fees
The Trump administration’s hefty new visa fees for H-1B workers have prompted high-level talks inside companies in Silicon Valley and beyond on the possibility of moving more jobs overseas…
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The Charlie Kirk Memorial Wasn’t Christian Nationalism
It’s okay to mix politics and religion. Source link
Companies are loudly calling themselves ‘AI-first.’ Are they helping or hurting their own brands?
Last week, the online freelance marketplace Fiverr generated a flood of headlines after it announced an effort to reimagine itself as an “AI-first” company. According to a published memo…
Tom Homan Accidentally Makes Crucial Admission on That $50K Cash Bribe
“Our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars. Still more, it should not be used, as it also has been, to transfer government…
Mike Johnson’s Epstein Delay Tactic Is About to Blow Up in His Face
As southern Arizona voters in the state’s 7th congressional district head to the polls Tuesday to fill a vacancy in the U.S. House, they are poised to revive a major headache for House…
Is the return-to-office push backfiring on employers?
A 2024 study of S&P 500 firms found that companies often mandated a return to the office after stock prices fell—hoping in-person work would spark productivity and improve financial…
Transcript: Trump’s Angry New Tirade at Dems Unnerves His Own Advisers
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 23 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent:This is The Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced…
When Financial Industry Regulators Are Judge, Prosecutor, and Beneficiary
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority banned me from the financial industry for life and imposed a $243,000 fine. Source link
Palestine Recognitions from Europe and Beyond Ensure Long-Term Irrelevance
Several countries join a growing list whose recognition of a Palestinian state will ironically shut them out of the future Middle East. Source link
The U.N. Deserves a Trumpian Reckoning
A fundamental reassessment of the United Nations has been long in coming. Trump may give one when he addresses the body. Source link
Trump Doubles Down on Lawfare
His push for AG Bondi to go after political enemies is an outrage. Sadly, Democrats paved the way for such abuses. Source link
End Louisiana’s Lousy Lawsuits Against Energy Companies
The Constitution entrusts questions of war, defense, and foreign policy to the federal government, not to state courts or parish juries. Source link
Nvidia’s US$100 billion OpenAI play raises big antitrust issues
The US$100 billion partnership between dominant AI chipmaker Nvidia and leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI could give both companies an unfair advantage over their competitors,…
Women’s healthcare is under attack. Here’s how to fight back through pioneering feminist design
Women’s healthcare is under unprecedented attack. Women across the U.S. are being denied access to basic reproductive healthcare and funding for research into diseases that affect women is…
80 housing markets cross a critical line—why that’s good for homebuyers
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During the pandemic housing boom, from summer 2020 to spring 2022, the…
The Agony of Trump’s Oligarchs
The UAE invested $2 billion in a stablecoin from World Liberty Financial, in which the Trump family owns a 60 percent stake that Trump appears to have acquired without spending a dime. Two…
The Latest Casualty of Trump’s War on Data Is a Critical Hunger Report
The increase between 2021 and 2023 coincided with the expiration of several pandemic-era programs that provided additional support to low-income households, such as an enhanced child tax…
Trump’s Learning That Partisan Witch Hunts Are Harder Than They Look
Trump’s biggest problem is that he can’t simply turn the tables on his foes. He actually stood credibly accused of criminal offenses, while his political opponents do not. A New York jury…
How typhoons can delay big IPOs like Zijin Gold’s US$3.2 billion deal in Hong Kong
One could be forgiven to question how a storm could delay one of the world’s biggest deals in a sophisticated financial centre like Hong Kong. Well, it is looking increasingly likely that…
Video: Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
new video loaded: Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse By John Eligon, Kirsten Grind, Karen Hanley, June Kim and Stephanie Swart•September 23, 2025 Errol Musk has been accused…
YouTube failed as a dating site. This one change altered its fortunes forever
In YouTube’s early days, the odds seemed good that the platform would be destroyed—not by a competitor, but by its own popularity. How could any young video startup ever cover the cost of…
Trump’s New Explosion of Rage at Dems Unnerves Even His Own Advisers
Over the weekend, President Trump explicitly commanded Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political enemies in a crazed Truth Social tirade. He named the Democrats he wants…
Huawei plans three-year campaign to overtake Nvidia in AI chips
Huawei Technologies openly admits its silicon cannot match Nvidia’s in raw power and speed. So to pack the same punch, China’s national champion is counting on its traditional strengths:…
These are the best (and worst) cities for women to live, work, and thrive
Where you live determines a lot—especially if you’re a woman. From physical and mental well-being to unemployment rates to median income, key components of life satisfaction in the U.S.…