If a worker steals from their employer, they can be fired or even face criminal charges. If an employer steals their workers’ wages, they … usually get to keep the money with no penalties. Wage theft is outrageously common, and it’s rarely treated as a serious civil violation, let alone a criminal one, despite taking money from people who desperately need it to get by.
The former GOP senator lost his contract with the network after claiming there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers arrived.
“Who are these chicken touchers out there that the CDC is concerned about?” the Fox News personality wanted to know.
Great breakups aren’t just painful; they’re surreal—a space-time fissure, a smack from God, a bulletin that you’re not the world’s protagonist. Someone who was always there just vanishes. A future crumbles into a past. This is heavy stuff at any age but especially when you’re dealing with it for the first time, which means that some of the most mystic meditations on breakups have come from teen singers.
As they try to fend off scores of lawsuits, nursing homes are seeking legal cover from liability protections extended by Congress and the Trump administration.
The study adds fuel to an intense national debate about what is behind a suspected worker shortage and what policy changes are needed to accelerate Americans’ return to work as the pandemic subsides.
In 2012, I was deployed to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to serve alongside Green Berets and infantry soldiers. As a member of an all-female cultural-support team, I was trained to interact with Afghan women and children, something that is culturally inappropriate for men to do. At the border, we encountered mortar attacks, improvised explosive devices, and firefights. Even though this time was tense, we worked well with our colleagues in U.S.
Peter Wehner pointed out where “things really get dangerous” with Republican repetition of the ex-president’s election lies.
Parents of young children have some pressing questions for the CDC.In recent guidance, the public-health agency suggested that fully vaccinated individuals can burn their masks and never wear a face covering again. (I’m exaggerating. Masks are still required on public transit and in medical facilities, among other places.) Meanwhile, unvaccinated people should continue to mask inside as well as at crowded outdoor venues.
“Hello Jim and Jerry,” the former secretary of state says to the pair who peddled conspiracies about her in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” in a new spinoff show.
He rode a roller coaster! He ate a burger for breakfast! His rival is under investigation!
I tried to warn him, but his desire to get out of debt overrode his judgment.
You may have seen some slightly concerning economic reports. Here’s why you shouldn’t worry too much.
Restarting Emergent’s production of the J&J shot would revitalize efforts to get the single-dose vaccine to many Americans.
Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, hasn’t shied away from controversial pandemic policies.
By placing the issue front and center, the high court immediately forces his administration to reconsider its measured strategy.
The changes include creating a clear reporting chain from the new director of the agency’s vaccine task force up to Rochelle Walensky.
Her decision reportedly comes after clashes with agency director Rochelle Walensky.
I told one man recently. It did not go well.
Corporate executives and lobbyists say they are confident they can kill almost all of these tax hikes by pressuring moderate Democrats in the House and Senate.
The White House’s reaction to unexpected jobs and price data has opened the administration up to GOP attacks.
Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed says things should get better as people overcome fears related to the pandemic.
“There were elements of growth in the balance from what I can see and understand,” Carney said in a long response that didn’t directly answer the question.
“It’s tacky,” said one observer, especially since the billionaire is also collecting a $219,000 annual pension and has a taxpayer-funded staff.
In the news today: Joe Manchin is now praying that Republicans won’t show what a fool he’s been for continuing to claim that his friends across the aisle really, really want to be bipartisan. The ongoing clown show in Arizona—aka the election “audit” by the Cyber Ninjas—could end up costing Maricopa County millions of dollars.
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees on Thursday issued a public statement calling on the Biden administration to end the Stephen Miller-pushed policy that’s used the pandemic as an excuse to quickly deport asylum-seekers. The policy, implemented last year under political pressure from Miller and former Vice President Mike Pence, has deported more than 600,000 asylum-seekers.
First lady Jill Biden told young undocumented immigrant graduates during a commencement speech this week that she feels “inspired” by them, saying that while the road ahead “will be both heartbreaking and hopeful,” she believed “the inner strength that got you here will serve you well,” the Associated Press (AP) reported.
The first lady made the remarks during a virtual commencement ceremony organized by TheDream.
“It’s so horrifying to think that Donald Trump could be president again, knowing what I know,” said Jennifer Weisselberg, whose ex’s father is chief financial officer.
