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Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California warned Tuesday that the nation’s economy and talent pipeline could take a hit if international students opt against attending colleges in the United States because of President Donald Trump’s visa policies.”The reality is that you have people like Elon Musk who were foreign students, I mean, they have been embedded in Silicon Valley and the companies that have been created,” Khanna said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, said that world-class educational opportunities for foreign students are one of America’s “biggest exports of anything.””You go talk to Stanford, you talk to other…

CNN  —  A new program for getting desperately needed food into the hands of starving Palestinians in Gaza is only days old, but it’s already mired in chaos and tragedy. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed over the past few days while on their way to trying to obtain aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). This group, backed by Israel and the US, is intended to replace the UN-led system of distributing aid in Gaza, to address a hunger crisis sparked by a monthslong Israeli blockade. Over the past week, tens of thousands of Palestinians have converged on distribution…

The multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package House Republicans passed last month is heading to the Senate, with lawmakers hoping to pass a finalized bill by July 4.If passed in its current form, the bill — dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — would, among other measures, make President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent and add new tax breaks for tipped and overtime workers as well as older Americans.The bill’s critics are hoping it may see some change’s in Congress’s upper house. Those include six Nobel-prize winning economists, who this week penned an open letter published through the Economic…

America has a new favorite grill and bar chain.For the first time, Chili’s overtook Applebee’s in terms of U.S. systemwide sales in 2024, according to Technomic.Data from the restaurant tracking firm shows that from 2021 to 2024, Chili’s grew U.S. sales from about $3.6 billion to $4.6 billion, while Applebee’s $4.1 billion U.S. sales were about flat over that same time period.In their most recently reported fiscal quarters, Chili’s saw its same-store sales spike 31%, while Applebee’s domestic same-store sales fell 2.2%. The first quarter of 2025 was Applebee’s eighth consecutive quarter of declines. “When you look at the long-term historical…

Growing up, Gabrielle Heyman, 53, did not know what she wanted to do with her life.”I thought that I wanted to be in film when I was younger because I’m from L.A. and I have family in film,” she says. “But then when I tried it, I found people were just really mean,” especially to those in the assistant positions she was taking.It was while working as an assistant at CBS in 1998 that she decided to apply for a job at the company doing sales for online campaigns. “It was the dawn of the internet,” she says, “so they…

An attendee wearing a cow costume while playing Mario Kart World by Nintendo Switch 2 during the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience at the Excel London international exhibition and convention centre in London on April 11, 2025.Isabel Infantes | ReutersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday talked up the capabilities of Nintendo’s new Switch 2, days before the long-awaited console is set to hit store shelves.In a video posted by Nintendo, Huang called the chip inside the Switch 2 “unlike anything we’ve built before.””It brings together three breakthroughs: The most advanced graphics ever in a mobile device, full hardware ray tracing, high…

Hezbollah can recover from the heavy military defeat it suffered at the hands of Israel because it still has the backing of the Lebanese people, Ibrahim Mousawi, a sitting MP from Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, has told Middle East Eye. Speaking in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Mousawi, a member of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, however, accepted that Hezbollah was facing several hurdles after much of its leadership was wiped out, and after it lost control of key assets such as Beirut airport and smuggling routes along the Syrian border. “Everybody knows we are in a difficult situation,” Mousawi said. “[But…

McDonald’s Snack Wrap.Courtesy: McDonald’sMcDonald’s snack wraps will return to U.S. restaurants next month as the fast-food giant looks to boost sales after a sluggish start to the year.McDonald’s introduced snack wraps nearly two decades ago but discontinued the item in 2016 because it slowed its kitchens down too much. Some franchisees kept snack wraps around until 2020, when McDonald’s slashed its menu during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns to keep service running as smoothly as possible. Snack wraps disappeared along with salads and parfaits.McDonald’s customers have been clamoring for the return of the snack wraps for years, starting petitions, asking about…

Kelleher proved adept at saving penalties during regulation time, too. Last year, he became just the second Liverpool goalkeeper in history – and first since Augustus Beeby in 1909 – to save spot-kicks in consecutive games.First, he stopped Adam Armstrong’s attempt in a 3-2 Premier League win at Southampton and, three days later, he thwarted Kylian Mbappe as Real Madrid were beaten 2-0 at Anfield in the Champions League.Incredibly, Kelleher had also saved a penalty for Ireland against Finland during the international break that preceded the Reds’ trip to St Mary’s, meaning he stopped three spot-kicks in just 13 days.Vital…

Employers increased job openings more than expected in April while hiring and layoffs also both rose, according to a report Tuesday that showed a relatively steady labor market.The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed available jobs totaled nearly 7.4 million, an increase of 191,000 from March and higher than the 7.1 million consensus forecast by economists surveyed by FactSet. On an annual basis, the level was off 228,000, or about 3%.The ratio of available jobs to unemployed workers was down to 1.03 to 1 for the month, close to the March level.Hiring also increased for…