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Billionaire Robert Hale Gave Grads $1,000 Cash In Envelopes At Ceremony

By: Brian Bushard

Hale handed the cash to graduating seniors in two envelopes each containing $500. He told them to take one and donate the other.

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Spring 2023 Layoff Tracker: JPMorgan Cuts 1,000 First Republic Employees

By: Brian Bushard

More than 136,000 employees were laid off by major U.S. companies in the first quarter of 2023.

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Labor Department Gives $653 Million To States For Unemployment Fixes, Following Widespread Fraudulent Covid Claims

By: Brian Bushard

Fraudulent Covid-era unemployment insurance claims likely topped $60 billion, according to the federal Government Accountability Office

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Heat And Nuggets—And Their Billionaire Owners—Advance To NBA Finals

By: Brian Bushard

The owners of the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat—which will face off in this year’s NBA Finals—have a combined net worth of $18.5 billion.

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Utah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart Reportedly Resigning—Narrowing GOP’s House Majority

By: Brian Bushard

Stewart, who was first elected in 2012, reportedly plans to resign as his wife struggles with an undisclosed health issue.

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Here’s What Trump Has Promised If He Wins In 2024—From Mandating Stop-And-Frisk To Banning Gender-Affirming Care

By: Brian Bushard

Trump’s so-called Agenda 47 includes bans on gender-affirming care and critical race theory, as well as a legally fraught end to automatic citizenship for U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.

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Trump Says He Doesn’t Like The Term ‘Woke’—The Republican Buzzword He’s Repeatedly Used

By: Brian Bushard

rump surprisingly distanced himself from the term just days after he called out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for failing to stop Disney from becoming “woke.”

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Pentagon Bans Military Drag Shows After GOP Pushback—Despite Long History

By: Brian Bushard

The Pentagon’s policy has been to refuse hosting drag events on federally-funded facilities, though the U.S. Armed Forces have historically embraced the performances.

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Spring 2023 Layoff Tracker: Haven Technologies, Zendesk, ZipRecruiter Cut Hundreds Of Jobs

By: Brian Bushard

More than 136,000 employees were laid off by major U.S. companies in the first quarter of 2023.

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Gavin Newsom Calls DeSantis ‘Small, Pathetic Man’ For Allegedly Sending Migrants To California

By: Brian Bushard

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) said California could be pushing for kidnapping charges against DeSantis for allegedly sending migrants from Florida to Sacramento.