Walmart cuts hundreds of corporate jobs after warnings of falling profits

The retail giant Walmart is laying off about 200 corporate workers, a source familiar with the situation told The Hill on Wednesday, a week after it reported inflation was affecting its overall profits.  The layoffs come as consumer confidence dips and inflation reaches record highs. Higher food and fuel costs are “affecting customers’ ability to spend on g

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Zelensky says he wants to talk about Russian invasion with China's Xi directly

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he wants to discuss the Russian invasion in his country with Chinese President Xi Jinping directly and said he hoped that China might “review” its attitude toward Russia in light of its invasion in Ukraine.  “I would like to talk directly. I had one conversation with [President] Xi Jinping that was a year ago,” Zelensky said in an interview with the South China Morning Post published on Thursday.

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Ivanka Trump and Donald Jr. deposed in New York AG probe: report

Former President Trump’s two children sat for depositions in the New York Attorney General’s probe into Trump’s business and finances, CNN reported Wednesday. Ivanka Trump, 40, and Donald Trump Jr., 44, were subpoenaed along with their father earlier this year, and Trump’s multiple

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McConnell manages midterm expectations after Trump-backed candidates win

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Alex Jones's attorney 'messed up' and sent two years of texts to Sandy Hook parents' lawyers

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