TACO Thursday
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247,000 people applied for US unemployment benefits last week, the most in eight months.
Trump has ordered an investigation into Biden’s mental acuity while in office.
Americans are filing for Social Security benefits at a record rate this year, reflecting anxiety about the stability of the retirement system amid cutbacks under Trump.
Elon Musk warns that Trump’s spending bill will lead to debt slavery and the collapse of the Social Security system.
Buy-now, pay-later payment systems are experiencing significant growth.
A Guatemalan man who was wrongly deported to Mexico was permitted to reenter the US, marking the first known instance of the Trump administration returning a deportee.
Attorney General Pam Bondi did not announce that the administration would arrest anyone who called Trump a TACO.
Thomas Fugate, the 22-year-old tasked by Trump to head up the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships at the DHS, has previous experience as a neighborhood gardener and a grocery store clerk. He graduated from the University of Texas a year ago.
Alaska Airlines cancelled flights and delayed taking possession of jets while tariffs are in place.
A requirement that ICE agents ensure courthouse arrests don’t clash with state and local laws has been rescinded by the agency.
The new travel ban includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. There will be heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
Trump is revoking guidance to US hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
Trump is ordering a block on all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University.
A second man has been arrested in the Palm Springs bombing case.
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