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How Strict Return-to-Office Policies Like Amazon’s Impact Women

RTO mandates amplify many of the systemic workplace barriers that have held women back. And more women are quitting because of them.

Business - Inc. - November 16

Xi says China is ‘ready to work’ with Trump in final meeting with Biden

The two leaders also agreed humans, not artificial intelligence, should maintain control over nuclear weapons use in last meeting before Trump assumes US presidency. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ...

World - The Guardian - November 17

Library of Congress says hackers got access to its emails with lawmakers' offices

The Library of Congress said hackers broke into its communications systems and were able to read its email correspondence with congressional offices for most of this year.

Trump weighs court-martial of officers involved in Afghanistan in ‘unprecedented’ kind of threat

The Trump transition team is compiling a list of current and former military officers involved in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to determine if they should be court-martialed. NBC News ...

Politics - NBC News - November 18

Vivek Ramaswamy's plan to force federal workers back into the office

Vivek Ramaswamy's effort to cut costs could target the nearly two-thirds of federal workers who are still approved to work from home 18 months after the pandemic ended.

Politics - NBC News - November 19

Dan Osborn Wants to Help the Working Class Run for Office

Mr. Osborn, the industrial mechanic who turned a long-shot Senate bid in red Nebraska into an unexpectedly tight race, is starting a PAC aimed at recruiting more blue-collar candidates like himself.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 19

The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI

The agency dedicated to protecting new innovations prohibited almost all internal use of GenAI tools, though employees can still participate in controlled experiments.

Tech - Wired - November 19

When Trump left office, students were struggling because of the pandemic. They still are

When President-elect Trump left office in early 2021, the pandemic was at its height. Now he returns as American children and schools are struggling to overcome its lingering impact. Learning loss ...

Politics - The Hill - November 19

Will Israel annex the occupied West Bank after Trump takes office?

A senior Israeli official has said openly that the West Bank should become part of Israel, not a future Palestine. Could it happen under Trump?

Menendez brothers case on hold until new DA takes office

A month after the outgoing Los Angeles district attorney recommended resentencing, California Gov. Gavin Newsom says that decision is now on hold until the new district attorney takes office.

‘Barbenheimer’ Ruled the Box Office. Can ‘Glicked’ Recapture the Magic?

“Wicked” and “Gladiator II” both open Friday, and some fans hope to rekindle the excitement that greeted last year’s simultaneous openings of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”