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1 Word Explains Why Your Robot Co-Worker Looks Kind of Human: Trust

A new study say it’s easier for people to work alongside robots if they look a little like us.

Inc. - 2d

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Disrupt St. Louis’s Growth Strategy

Shrinking cities have tried to stabilize their populations with foreign-born residents. The strategy was working, until the inauguration.

The New York Times - 1d

Elon Musk says "massive cyberattack" is causing outages at X

Elon Musk's social media site X wasn't working for thousands of users on Monday, with the billionaire claiming a cyberattack.

CBS News - 1d

Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.: Dropped Audits and a Skeleton Staff

President Trump is planning to gut the work force while trying to turn the I.R.S. into a more political agency.

The New York Times - 1d

Cure a Toxic Workplace With Core Values

New research shows what traits impacted employees most, making it easier to create a positive work culture.

Inc. - 1d

We're booking profits in a rallying rotation play and using the cash to buy 2 others on the dip

We're putting more cash to work following the sharp market declines over tariff uncertainty.

CNBC - 1d

Education Department guts its workforce as it looks to wind down agency

Around 3,000 people work in the department's Washington headquarters, and roughly 1,000 are staffed in 10 regional offices across the country.

NBC News - 18h

UK growth push held back by poor Whitehall co-ordination, watchdog finds

National Audit Office says departments needs to work together more effectively on industrial strategy

Financial Times - 17h

Government’s employment reforms clash with its welfare plans

Jobs market policies could threaten the part-time vacancies that ease people back into work

Financial Times - 7h

China's Commerce Ministry held talks with Walmart after report on price cut demand, state media says

Chinese and American companies should "work together" to respond to U.S. "unilateral imposition of tariffs," Chinese state media said.

CNBC - 6h

Rising mental ill health behind higher welfare bill, report says

The government is identifying cuts to the welfare budget ahead of the Spring Statement, with the PM working to rally MPs to support the move.

BBC News - 3h

Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

The New York Times - 2h

Architect behind St. John's Abbey Church helped inspire "The Brutalist"

The Oscar-winning film "The Brutalist" was inspired in part by St. John's Abbey Church, thanks to a book written by a monk who worked with architect Marcel Breuer.

CBS News - 6d

Defunded Aid Programs Are Asked by Trump Administration to Prove Their Value, on a Scale of 1 to 5

A week after terminating thousands of contracts, the administration has sent questionnaires to those programs asking how their work benefits the U.S. national interest.

The New York Times - 5d

A Lebanese Woman Fights for Women’s Rights in the Middle East

Lina Abou-Habib is fighting inequality, working to change laws that make it difficult for women to keep custody of their children and block residency for children in a mother’s home country.

The New York Times - 5d

Migrant Boats Capsize Off Yemen and Djibouti, U.N. Says

The missing people were on two boats that capsized off Yemen, which is on a major route for migrants trying to reach Gulf countries for work.

The New York Times - 5d

Can Matchmaking Platforms Save Us From Dating App Fatigue?

Big Dating got singles hooked on convenience culture. But finding a partner is work—and a batch of matchmaking services think they’ve cracked the code for partnership.

Wired - 5d

Justice Department is looking into egg prices in antitrust probe, report says

A report in The Wall Street Journal says DOJ investigators are looking into whether egg producers are working together to keep egg prices high.

CNBC - 4d

WATCH: How social media helped fuel a female mechanic's business

ABC News' Will Ganss is here with the story about Desiree Hill who found a massive online community when switching from nursing to auto work.

ABC News - 4d

How NWSL, its players plan to thrive without college drafts

The NWSL has broken out of the American mold and gotten rid of all drafts -- no college draft, no expansion draft, nothing. How will that work?

ESPN - 3d

There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk

Right-wing populism thrives on scarcity. The answer is abundance. But a politics of abundance will work only if Democrats confront where their approach has failed.

The New York Times - 3d

New Deal Reached to End Wildcat Strikes by N.Y. Prison Guards

The state and the correctional officers’ union agreed that officers should return to work Monday and that some provisions of a solitary confinement law would be put on pause.

The New York Times - 2d

Joan Didion was famously reserved. But she openly adored John Wayne and Old Hollywood

Joan Didion fell in love with movies as a girl but would sour on Hollywood after working there, Alissa Wilkinson writes in 'We Tell Ourselves Stories.'

Los Angeles Times - 2d

Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star

Merle Oberon was a popular actress who was once nominated for an Oscar. But a fact that she hid from the public threatened to unspool her entire life’s work.

The New York Times - 2d

Fired Federal Workers Get Last Words in With Scathing Letters of Resignation to DOGE

Departing officials, including disabled veterans, defend themselves and thousands of fired federal colleagues’ work with defiant, indignant letters, creating a written record of a tumultuous time.

Inc. - 2d

‘Calm today, but turbulence ahead’: U.S. job openings show stable labor market ahead of Trump job cuts and tariffs

Job openings in the U.S. rose slightly in January, but far fewer companies are hiring compared with a few years ago, and it’s taking people a lot longer to find work.

MarketWatch - 1d

Trump Says He’ll Buy a Tesla as More Americans Say They Won’t

Tesla shares tumbled on Monday and have fallen 45 percent this year so far. Part of the reason is Elon Musk’s DOGE work for President Trump.

Inc. - 1d

Cowboys re-sign All-Pro returner KaVontae Turpin to three-year, $18 million contract

Turpin earned two Pro Bowl selections and a 2024 first-team All-Pro nod for his work as a returner in his first three years

CBS Sports - 21h

Chips Grant Staff Asked ‘Demeaning’ IQ Questions Before Layoffs Hit

Asking an on-the-job employee whether they’re smart enough to do their work is bizarre. But it’s apparently another tactic in the administration’s quest to shrink the federal workforce.

Inc. - 23h

Law firm sues Trump administration after executive order targeting its attorneys

Perkins Coie has filed suit against the Trump administration over an executive order that targeted the firm for its work representing Clinton's 2016 campaign.

ABC News - 17h

2,000 Striking N.Y. Prison Officers Fired and Barred From Public Jobs

Gov. Kathy Hochul made good on a threat to punish those who failed to meet a Monday deadline for returning to their posts after a three-week work stoppage.

The New York Times - 18h

'This guy's mega' - how Lando Norris was slowly developed into F1 title contender

Lando Norris has long seemed destined for the very top of motorsport, as key figures who worked with him through the junior categories tell BBC Sport.

BBC News - 10h

Married spies with secrets? After Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender's recent demanding roles, that's almost a vacation

Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender have both worked with director Steven Soderbergh before and craved a return to his speedy, efficient playfulness with 'Black Bag.'

Los Angeles Times - 7h

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