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Sen. Susan Collins announces end to ICE large-scale operations in Maine after talks with Noem
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Thursday that immigration officials have ceased their "enhanced operations” in the state, the site of an enforcement surge and more than 200 arrests since last week.Collins, a Republican, made the announcement after saying she had several direct communications with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
“There are currently no ongoing or planned large-scale ICE operations here,” Collins said in a statement. “I have been urging Secretary Noem and others in the Administration to get ICE to... Read More
US applications for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, tick down to 209,000 last week.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched down modestly last week, remaining at historically healthy levels despite recent high-profile layoff announcements.Applications for jobless aid for the week ending Jan. 24 fell by 1,000 to 209,000 from the previous week’s number which was revised upward by 10,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting 205,000 new applications.
Applications for unemployment benefits are seen as representative of U.S. layoffs and are close to a real-time... Read More
Ari Emanuel's 'fiery, furious' memoir to be released this fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood super-agent and power broker Ari Emanuel will have a memoir out this fall, a “fiery, furious” story by the man whose clients have included Martin Scorsese,Oprah Winfrey and a (pre-presidential) Donald Trump and who inspired the high-strung Ari Gold of HBO's “Entourage.”Alfred A. Knopf announced Thursday that “Roll the Calls” will be published Sept. 22. Emanuel will work on the book with a super-collaborator, J.R. Moehringer, who assisted on bestselling memoirs by Prince Harry and Andre Agassi.
“For the first time, the agent,... Read More
US ambassador warns of China's growing manufacturing dominance
BEIJING (AP) — The top U.S. envoy to China called Thursday for fair and reciprocal trade between the world's two largest economies and expressed concern about projections that China's dominance of global manufacturing will grow even further in the years to come.U.S. Ambassador David Perdue told business and government leaders in Beijing that China should be congratulated on becoming a manufacturing powerhouse, but echoed fears in Europe and elsewhere that China's exports pose a threat to factories and jobs in other countries.
“This is not healthy for the rest of... Read More
EU sanctions 15 Iranian officials, including top Revolutionary Guard leaders, over protest crackdown
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union sanctioned 15 Iranian officials Thursday over the country's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests, including top commanders of its Revolutionary Guard, ahead of an expected decision to name the entire paramilitary organization as a terrorist group.The sanctions add to pressure on the Islamic Republic, which faces a threat of military action from U.S. President Donald Trump in response to the killing of peaceful demonstrators and over possible mass executions. The American military has moved the USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile... Read More
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