Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting roughly 5% of its staff through performance-based terminations and plans to hire new people to fill their roles this year, according to an internal memo sent to all employees. As of September, Meta employed about 72,000 people, so a 5% reduction could affect roughly 3,600 jobs. “I’ve decided to raise the…
President-elect Donald Trump revealed plans on Thursday to create an “External Revenue Service” to collect revenue, tariffs, and duties from other countries. In a Tuesday statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “For far too long, we have relied on taxing our Great People using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Through soft and pathetically weak Trade…
President-elect Donald Trump celebrated the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization on Wednesday, just weeks after warning there would be “ALL HELL TO PAY” if Hamas did not release all of the hostages prior to his inauguration. In a Wednesday post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “WE HAVE A DEAL FOR THE…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. In his last week in office, U.S. President Joe Biden has named two aircraft carriers being built after former presidents – the USS William J. Clinton and USS George W. Bush, the White House said in a statement. Construction of the two…
ALDI announced on Monday that it is recalling Casa Mamita Chicken & Cheese Taquitos in 31 states due to reports of the frozen food product containing a “potential foreign material.” In a Monday press release, the company said, “In cooperation with Bestway Sandwiches, Inc., and out of an abundance of caution, ALDI Inc., (‘ALDI’) recalls…
Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) in a viral video on Tuesday, arguing that the California governor should have “fire-proofed” the state instead of trying to “Trump-proof” it. In a video shared on X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram, Rapaport mocked Newsom for claiming that the state would learn from its mistakes…
