Starbucks will lay off 1,100 corporate employees and will not fill several hundred other open positions, the coffee chain’s CEO Brian Niccol said Monday. The cuts will not affect workers at the company’s cafes. In a message to corporate employees, Niccol said Starbucks is “simplifying our structure, removing layers
The Trump administration is rescinding a Biden-era directive protecting hospitals from investigations and signaled that beefed-up protections for medical whistleblowers would be forthcoming. The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced Friday it would be rescinding an executive order issued by former President Joe Biden in
The Securities and Exchange Commission is dropping its investigation into Robinhood’s crypto arm, the company revealed Monday. Robinhood said it received a letter from the SEC’s enforcement division on Friday, detailing in a blog post that the agency has closed its investigation into the crypto business with no intention
Irish leaders will skip St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the U.S. this year to protest President Donald Trump calling for the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are an opportunity for Irish leaders to reinforce diplomatic relations abroad, particularly in the U.S., where
President Donald Trump teased a possible meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Monday, amid what he called his ‘serious discussions’ with Russian President Vladimir Putin — which could involve European peacekeeping troops — about ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. The president, from the Oval
Trump meets France’s Macron at White House, says ‘lot of progress’ made toward ending war in Ukraine
President Donald Trump said ‘a lot of progress has been made’ toward ending the war in Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron joined him at the White House for a call with Group of Seven (G7) leaders. Macron, who called for an emergency gathering of world
Germany’s chancellor-elect, Friedrich Merz, leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party, said his ‘absolute priority’ upon taking up the top job will be to secure Europe so that it can ‘achieve independence’ from Washington. ‘I would never have thought that I would have to say
The U.S. is pushing United Nations (U.N.) member states to back its resolution marking the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war that does not underscore Kyiv’s territorial integrity. The U.S. draft resolution, put forward on Friday, pits the U.S. against Ukraine and its European allies, who
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a pro-life challenge against protest restrictions around abortion clinics in Illinois, as activists argued the laws infringe on their First Amendment rights, a decision met with a fiery dissent by Justice Clarence Thomas. The court rejected appeals from
Some House Republicans have felt heat back home this past week after progressive groups urged Americans to protest the GOP’s handling of government spending. At least six lawmakers saw protests at their district offices as they spent time with constituents during last week’s recess to mark