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When DeepSeek unveiled an AI model last year that rivaled America’s best at a fraction of the cost, or when a Chinese hypersonic missile test caught U.S. intelligence off guard to the point where a top U.S. general called it “very close” to a “Sputnik moment”, the reaction each time was the same: that a
As the Trump administration continues to purge hundreds of thousands of workers from the country, Americans aren’t simply taking their places. Instead, their jobs appear to be disappearing with them. The economy lost 23,000 jobs last month, yet the unemployment rate went down as the workforce shrank. America’s emerging deportation economy may account for the
American Airlines is making it harder for its most loyal customers to score one of its most coveted perks. American Airlines said on Thursday that beginning August 25, elite AAdvantage members traveling on several of American’s longest domestic routes, including select transcontinental flights and trips to Hawaii, will no longer receive complimentary upgrades from economy
American coming-of-age comedies rarely beat with such uncomfortable verisimilitude. In the bilingual “Mustache” — the first feature from writer-director Imran J. Khan — 13-year-old Pakistani American high schooler Ilyas (Atharv Verma) undergoes an awkward adjustment from a private Islamic institution to a generic American high school. The story’s universality is born from its cultural specificity,
In both of his administrations, President Donald Trump has wielded tariffs as a means of discouraging trade relationships with China, as well as incentivizing American reshoring, but this strategy may be backfiring. As Trump’s import tax plan continues to fluctuate, some U.S. companies who initially moved away from China are now reinvesting in suppliers there.