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House Republicans voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ― not for any legitimate reason, but because they really want to help Donald Trump look tough on immigration issues ahead of the November presidential election. The final vote was 214 to 213. A handful of Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing the effort: Reps. Ken Buck (Colo.), Tom McClintock (Calif.) and Mike Gallagher (Wis.). The only other time Congress has impeached a cabinet secretary was in… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]‘It Was Really Bad’: Ex-Trump White House Press Secretary Details Harassment  Yahoo News Source link

Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston shared a video of a prank call involving two Chinese restaurants on his personal Facebook page last week. In a now-deleted post, the Republican official shared a video of a man calling two Chinese restaurants on separate phones to have the two workers speak to each other, reported the Arkansas Times. In the video, the man can be seen holding and facing the cell phones together so both of the restaurant workers think one is calling the other to place an… Source link

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is keeping a close eye on layoffs in the tech sector, including Elon Musk’s chaotic overhaul at Twitter. “As far as Twitter, that’s a whole different situation [than the broader tech layoffs],” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “I don’t know enough about it, but I think that’s Elon Musk looking at the business model. I am sure at some point that will fix itself out as it moves forward.” To be sure, Musk’s changes to Twitter are moving forward this… Source link

Quiet quitting may be the hot talk on social media and internal employee chat rooms, but U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh says it’s not a big topic of discussion in his chats with business leaders. “I haven’t really heard about it from companies. I know that it’s being reported in the press. I’ve talked to a lot of companies in the country. And I haven’t heard about that,” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live. Quiet quitting, a term that popped up on TikTok and gained steam in 2022, has no single… Source link

President Joe Biden revealed a loan forgiveness plan in August that will forgive $10,000 of student debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 per year, and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. But another component of the plan is often overlooked, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona explained during a recent episode of “Influencers with Andy Serwer.” Income-driven repayment plans make student monthly loan payments affordable by basing them off a borrower’s income and family… Source link

After months of debate, Congress is still slow-walking a bill that would spend over $50 billion on semiconductor manufacturing. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has been frustrated by the slow pace for months and upped the stakes in a new interview by saying the economic damage could soon become permanent. She says companies that may want to be in the U.S. could shift manufacturing overseas in “months [because] they have to make decisions.” During the conversation Wednesday with Yahoo… Source link

Interim Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz needs to do a better job embracing the labor union movement infiltrating his stores even if it pains him to do so, suggests U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh. “I think he is going to have to invest in all of his workforce — he can’t just not invest in the dozen shops that are organized, it’s not a good business model,” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “By investing in employees, I commend him for that and for investing in their salaries. I… Source link

WASHINGTON — Karine Jean-Pierre will make history by becoming the first Black woman, and first openly LGBTQ person, to hold the job of White House press secretary, President Biden announced on Thursday afternoon. “Jill and I have known and respected Karine a long time and she will be a strong voice speaking for me and this Administration,” the president said in a statement. Jean-Pierre will replace Jen Psaki, who was originally expected to serve for only the first year of Biden’s term…. Source link

When Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo appeared on Yahoo Finance in January, she said movement was afoot on one of her signature issues: a bill to spend over $50 billion on semiconductor manufacturing. “There is urgency,” she said at the time, adding that “the fundamentals of this bill have broad bipartisan support.” But over 3 months later — and without much progress on the issue from Capitol Hill — her patience was running thin in a follow-up appearance. “I think they’re moving… Source link