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At least fourteen businesses throughout Illinois are scheduled to begin laying off employees this summer, according to information provided to Illinoisworknet.com from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as part of Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act — of the WARN Act. According to the site, the "information ... does not encompass layoff activity and is not intended to be a proxy for employment or job loss data. Additional layoff activity may be represented outside of an official WARN correspondence, which might not necessarily reflect the company's final action.​"

The German government handed out a record number of citizenships to immigrants last year, rising to nearly a quarter of a million passports, with Syrian and Turkish nationals representing the largest cohorts. According to data collected by 13 of 16 federal states in Germany and provided to the Welt Am Sonntag newspaper, 249,901 foreigners were granted citizenship in 2024, the highest number since records began in 2000. This number surpassed the previous record set in 2023, when 200,095 people were awarded citizenship. Last year’s record naturalisation number is likely much higher, given that the states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and...

A special section inserted into the Sunday Chicago Sun-Times featured page upon page of fun summer activities, including a list of 15 books to bring along while lounging by the pool or relaxing in a favorite reading spot. The only problem: The authors are real, but most of the books don’t exist. Artificial intelligence, employed by a Chicago freelance writer, simply made them up. Readers looking to fill their carts with titles such as “Tidewater Dreams” by Isabel Allende, “The Collector’s Piece” by Taylor Jenkins Reid or “Hurricane Season” by Brit Bennett were likely disappointed to find the elaborate plot...

An F/A-18E fighter jet rolled off the side an aircraft carrier and sank to the bottom of the Red Sea, the Navy announced on Monday. There was one enlisted crew member aboard the jet and a second enlisted crew member inside the tractor when the incident occurred. Both personnel were able to jump out in time with only one person sustaining a minor injury, according to officials. In the extraordinary mishap, the $70 million jet was being towed out of the hanger bay of the USS Harry S. Truman when the crew lost control. "The F/A-18E was actively under tow...

Among Richard Nixon’s many presidential priorities—ending the Vietnam War, thawing relations with China, expanding environmental protections—there was one initiative his team hoped to keep well under the radar: his secret “enemies list.” In an August 1971 memo, White House Counsel John Dean offered a piquant summary of the project’s goal: to “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.” The formal list began in June 1971as a short memo of 20 names of people, most of whom had deep ties to the Democratic Party. Actor Paul Newman made an appearance, with the notation “Radic-Lib causes. Heavy Mc Carthy...

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on Monday and take the opportunity to present “proposals for action” to counter the “Russian threat” in Europe and ensure peace in Ukraine. The leaders will come together just days after Macron told Trump to toughen up and not “be weak” in the face of Vladimir Putin’s aggression, as Breitbart News reported. Macron used a one-hour question and answer session on his social media Thursday to declare he’ll tell his White House counterpart: “You can’t be weak in the face of President Putin. It’s not you, it’s...

The White House has released its official list of movies that Joe Biden screened in the White House Family Theater during his term, and it’s weird, to say the least.Seriously, why in the living world would anyone in the WH want to watch “The Real Cancun”?!?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/zpsE01Fq8P— Lie-Able Sources (@LieAbleSources) January 24, 2025One flick that stands out is Adam Sandler’s “Little Nicky.” Really? I like a few Sandler movies, but there are plenty I’ve never bothered to waste my time watching, and this is one of them.There are admittedly, plenty of films here that I’ve never seen or even heard...

President Donald Trump, in the first hours of his administration, revoked former President Joe Biden’s decision to remove Cuba from the United States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism (SST). Cuba’s redesignation as a state sponsor of terrorism is part of a list of 78 executive actions signed by Biden that were revoked by President Trump on Monday evening. In the final week of his administration, former President Biden had Cuba removed from the SST list, a designation the communist-ruled nation first receiving in 1982 and held until 2015. At that time, former President Barack Obama removed Cuba from the...

On Friday night, the government ministers approved the hostage deal, and the Ministry of Justice published a list of 735 security prisoners scheduled for release in exchange for 33 hostages held by Hamas for over a year. This list includes senior terrorists responsible for some of the deadliest attacks in Israel's history, including commanders of terrorist organizations and planners of attacks that claimed the lives of hundreds of Israelis. Link to full list .....

Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene called on Congress Thursday to release the names of current and former members on a secret list of lawmakers that have used taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claims. “Congress has secretly paid out more than $17 million of your money to quietly settle charges of harassment (sexual and other forms) in Congressional offices,” Massie (R-Ky.) wrote on X. “Don’t you think we should release the names of the Representatives? I do,” he added. Massie’s suggestion was quickly endorsed by Greene (R-Ga.). “Yes. I want to release the congressional sexual slush fund list,”...

DONALD J. TRUMP President, Commander-in-Chief J.D. VANCE Vice-President, President of the Senate SUZIE WILES Chief of Staff STEPHEN MILLER Deputy Chief of Staff HAYLEY HARRISON Chief of Staff to the First Lady ALINA HABBA Counselor to the President SERGIO GOR Dir. of Presidential Personnel STEVEN CHEUNG Communications Director KAROLINE LEAVITT Press Secretary MICHAEL WALTZ National Security Advisor DAVID A. WARRINGTON White House Counsel RUSSELL THURLOW VOUGHT Dir. of Ofc. of Mgt. & Bgt. PAM BONDI Attorney General HARMEET DHILLON Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Rights Div. KASHYAP “KASH” PATEL Dir. of Federal Bureau of Investigation JOHN SAUER Solicitor General BROOKE...

The Hamas terror group has sent Israel a list of the hostages to be freed in a proposed ceasefire-prisoner swap deal, as well as their medical conditions, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported Monday morning. A source involved in the negotiations told the newspaper that the negotiations are being held with teams from Egypt, Israel, and Hamas. "Both sides are serious about reaching an unprecedented deal, with Egypt, Qatar, and the US participating in the negotiations as mediators," the source said. According to the report, it is likely that the agreement will include four hostages who hold US citizenship, even though they do...

President Joe Biden should issue preemptive pardons to his political allies and those deemed to be on President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged “enemies list,” Democrats and their media allies believe. Delivering a preemptive pardon indicates an admission of guilt, although Democrats claim a preemptive pardon would only be intended to block Trump from targeting his political foes. Democrats and media elites list those deserving a preemptive pardon as Christopher Wray, Justice Department lawyers, Joe Biden (himself), the whole Biden family, Liz Cheney, Mark Milley, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Adam Kinzinger, among others.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has hinted for months that he would make Bill Clinton’s history with women an issue during the presidential campaign. Just about an hour before the debate, Trump appeared at a press conference with several of Clinton’s accusers. Whether you are too young to remember the Clinton sex scandals or simply need a refresher course, LawNewz.com has you covered. Here is a list of Bill Clinton’s alleged and admitted sexual misconduct a over the years as well as his alleged affairs. Monica Lewinsky Then President Clinton began an affair with the 22-year-old White House...

The Trump campaign is not playing around as the corporate media desperately attempts to absolve Democrats and their enablers (including themselves) of blame for the latest assassination attempt on the 45th President. As The Gateway Pundit reported, a second attempt was made on President Trump’s life, just two months after he came within a centimeter of being killed in Butler, Pennsylvania by a Democrat donor named Thomas Crooks. Shots were fired at the 45th president’s golf club in West Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon at roughly 1:30 pm as he was playing golf with real estate investor Steve Witkoff. The...

There was a thread yesterday on a list of items needed for the event of disaster or unrest. I was on my phone and thought I had bookmarked it, I can not find it to save my arse. I have done multiple searches but can't find it., Anyone have what I was referring to> Any assistance is appreciated ....I really want to read this. It was NOT the link to the babalon bee items for libs when Trump is elected. Thanks in advance SOR

The Biden administration has decided to move Ukraine to the top of the list on countries receiving air defense weapons, and effectively making American allies wait at least 16 months for those same weapons. The administration said it was because in recent months Russia has stepped up its missile and drone attacks in Ukraine in an attempt to destroy its energy system ahead of the winter. “This is not a new tactic for them, but they have certainly applied a lot more energy and effort into it in recent months,” National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby told...

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a man’s lawsuit challenging his placement on the federal government’s “No Fly List” can proceed, finding that the government did not prove the case was moot after removing him from the list. Yonas Fikre, a U.S. citizen, claimed the FBI unlawfully placed him on the list and pressured him to become an informant. While the government argued Fikre’s removal meant the case was moot, the Court rejected this view, allowing the merits of the allegations to be examined in lower courts

The so-called "Epstein list" is out and doesn't disappoint, except when it does. If you thought you'd be looking at a who's who of names on Epstein's "Pedo-at-a-Glance" calendar, you'll likely be disheartened. That's not what this list of "Jane and John Does" is about. Many of the names are mentioned in passing, such as a girl testifying that she went with Epstein to Naomi Campbell's birthday party.Most of the people mentioned aren't accused of committing any crimes. That said, the list is chock-full of wealthy, left-leaning elites who allegedly had sex with young girls, according to one victim's testimony.Some...

U.S. District New York Judge Loretta Preska’s ordered release of 187 names that had been previously withheld from court records in a case against Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accomplice and lover, have finally been unveiled. Their release was ordered by Judge Preska in December, but she allowed the Jane and John Does to file an appeal. Among the figures listed were Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Doug Band, a longtime advisor to former President Clinton, Alan Dershowitz, and Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent who killed himself last year.