Donald Trump convened congressional leaders and cabinet secretaries at the White House on Thursday to make the case for passage of his marquee tax-and-spending bill, but it remains to be seen if his pep talk will resolve a developing logjam that could threaten its passage through the Senate. The president’s intervention comes as Senate majority…
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday that the spice maker is assessing how new tariffs will impact sourcing for its products. “This is a big area,” Foley said. “Agriculture impact is probably what we’re focused on when you’re looking at tariff impact.” Foley said the company has “done a nice job…
Jamaica will ask King Charles to request legal advice on the issue of slavery reparations from the judicial committee of the privy council, the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth nations. Under the Judicial Committee Act of 1833, the king, who remains Jamaica’s head of state after the country gained…
President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon hosted a group of working-class Americans at the White House, as he cranks up pressure on Senate Republicans to quickly pass his massive tax-and-spending agenda. The event in support of Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” featured a collection of what his administration described as “everyday Americans” poised to benefit…
A US citizen was arrested during an immigration raid in downtown Los Angeles this week in what her family described as a “kidnapping” by federal immigration agents. Andrea Velez, 32, had just been dropped off at work by her mother and sister, the pair said, when they saw agents grab her. “My mom looked at…
US senators are receiving a classified briefing on Donald Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, after the White House abruptly postponed the session and restricted intelligence sharing with Congress. The delayed session with senior national security officials comes after the White House moved back its originally scheduled briefing for Tuesday, fueling Democratic complaints that Trump…
AI reasoning models were supposed to be the industry’s next leap, but now a string of research is calling that into question.
Keir Starmer has offered Labour MPs “massive concessions” on his controversial welfare bill in a move that looks to have won over key rebels and may have saved the prime minister from a damaging Commons defeat next week. Leading rebels told the Guardian they had been promised significant changes to the planned cuts that could…
Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of Circle Internet Group, the issuer of one of the world’s biggest stablecoins, and Circle Internet Group co-founder Sean Neville react as they ring the opening bell, on the day of the company’s IPO, in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stablecoin issuer Circle resumed…
Creating psychological safety in the workplace—an environment where people feel safe to speak up—can help organizations improve employee learning and performance, but misconceptions about the concept can hinder success, according to experts. In an article in the May-June issue of the Harvard Business Review, co-authors Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard…
