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I Got Laid Off From Corporate Job; Built My Dream Career Months Later

The journalism industry is notoriously fickle, and I’ve watched many colleagues around me get laid off over the years. However, the same fate didn’t reach me until I was 15 years into my career.In 2019, I was called into a corporate office I’d never been to so a human-resources employee…

GOP Leaders Don’t Want Congress to Be Able to Stop Trump’s Tariffs for Months

House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP leaders on Wednesday moved to make it harder for challenges to President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs to succeed.Johnson’s move illustrates how leading Republicans remain behind the White House even as trade tensions worsen.”Every House Republican who votes for today’s rule is voting to…

Trump signs bill to fund the government for another 6 months

Trump has signed into law a continuing resolution that averts a government shutdown.The bill keeps the government funded through late September.Democrats on Capitol Hill were deeply divided in their approach to the funding bill.President Donald Trump on Saturday signed the high-stakes government funding bill approved by the Senate a day…

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore says politics aren’t why he and his crewmate are still in space nearly 9 months longer than planned

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams held a press conference last week.Wilmore said politics hasn’t influenced the timeline for when he and Williams will return to Earth.Elon Musk said the astronauts were left at the International Space Station for “political reasons.”NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore said politics aren’t the reason…

Pulse check: 6 months of Brian Niccol’s ‘Back to Starbucks’ plan

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is trying to turn the brand around.Challenges include fixing long wait times and issues with the mobile ordering system.Retail and marketing experts say his moves are a step in the right direction.When Brian Niccol stepped into the top job at Starbucks in September, he had a…