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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Off The Press</title> <atom:link href="https://www.offthepress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/</link> <description>News Beyond the Echo Chamber</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:29:47 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <image> <url>https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-OTP_icon_white_darkbg-150x150.png</url> <title>Off The Press</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height></image> <item> <title>Labor Dept Warns States They’ll Lose Funding If Illegals Get Jobless Benefits</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/labor-dept-warns-states-theyll-lose-funding-if-illegals-get-jobless-benefits/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:29:47 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/labor-dept-warns-states-theyll-lose-funding-if-illegals-get-jobless-benefits/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745637821-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" />Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer warned governors that they could lose their federal funds if they extend unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants. In nearly identical letters to all 50 governors, Chavez-DeRemer warned governors to comply with President Donald Trump’s directives, ensuring tax dollars aren’t spent on illegal immigrants. She warned that states that fail to […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/labor-dept-warns-states-theyll-lose-funding-if-illegals-get-jobless-benefits/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745637821-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><div><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745637821-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745637821-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745637821-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745637821-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745637821-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745637821-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer warned governors that they could lose their federal funds if they extend unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants.</p><p>In nearly identical letters to all 50 governors, Chavez-DeRemer warned governors to comply with President Donald Trump’s directives, ensuring tax dollars aren’t spent on illegal immigrants. She warned that states that fail to meet these directives could see their federal funding cut off through the Title III UI administrative grant.</p><p>“Our nation’s unemployment benefits exist solely for workers who are eligible to receive them.<br />To qualify for unemployment, one must be able and available to work, actively seeking work,<br />and be legally authorized to accept employment in the United States. Unemployment benefits are<br />not a handout for those in our country illegally,” she wrote.</p><p>She referenced a letter last week from the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration urging unemployment insurance administrators in the states to use the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE immigration database, offered at no extra cost. The system allows states to easily verify the immigration status of those who file claims.</p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/eStQf">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Trump’s DEI Crackdown Zaps Corporate Funding For Blue City’s Pride Parades</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/trumps-dei-crackdown-zaps-corporate-funding-for-blue-citys-pride-parades/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:05:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RIGHT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/trumps-dei-crackdown-zaps-corporate-funding-for-blue-citys-pride-parades/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP21205567123945-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Seattle Pride reportedly faces an uncertain future as corporations turn away from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. In recent years, Pride parades have been funded by major corporations, but the shift against DEI and identity-politics across American business and culture is reportedly beginning to take its toll. Seattle Pride, centered in one of the […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/trumps-dei-crackdown-zaps-corporate-funding-for-blue-citys-pride-parades/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP21205567123945-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP21205567123945-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP21205567123945-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP21205567123945-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP21205567123945-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP21205567123945-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AP21205567123945-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Seattle Pride reportedly faces an uncertain future as corporations turn away from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.</p><p>In recent years, Pride parades have been funded by major corporations, but the shift against DEI and identity-politics across American business and culture is reportedly beginning to take its toll.</p><p>Seattle Pride, centered in one of the most famous left-leaning bastions on the West Coast, reportedly faces a shortfall of nearly $350,000, which, according to Seattle-based KOMO news is “attributed to recent rollbacks in initiatives and political challenges facing the LGBTQIA2S+ community.”</p><p>Seattle Pride Executive Director Patti Hearn spoke to the news outlet about how the changing cultural and economic landscape may shift the onus of supporting Pride events from businesses to grassroots organizations and the community.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/seattle-pride-faces-budget-shortfall-corporate-sponsorships-dwindle-amid-anti-dei-shift">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Jack In The Box Closing Up To 200 Restaurants</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/jack-in-the-box-closing-up-to-200-restaurants/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 02:40:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RIGHT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/jack-in-the-box-closing-up-to-200-restaurants/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745634994-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Jack in the Box announced that it plans to close 150 to 200 of its restaurants as it looks to boost the fast-food company’s financial performance. The company said Wednesday that the restaurants in the planned “block closure program” were ones that were “underperforming” and, in many cases, several decades old. “Our actions today focus […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/jack-in-the-box-closing-up-to-200-restaurants/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745634994-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="731" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745634994-1024x731.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745634994-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745634994-300x214.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745634994-768x548.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745634994-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745634994-2048x1462.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Jack in the Box announced that it plans to close 150 to 200 of its restaurants as it looks to boost the fast-food company’s financial performance.</p><p>The company said Wednesday that the restaurants in the planned “block closure program” were ones that were “underperforming” and, in many cases, several decades old. </p><p>“Our actions today focus on three main areas: addressing our balance sheet to accelerate cash flow and pay down debt, while preserving growth-oriented capital investments related to technology and restaurant reimage; closing underperforming restaurants to position ourselves for consistent net unit growth and competitive unit economics; and, an overall return to simplicity for the Jack in the Box business model and investor story,” Jack in the Box CEO Lance Tucker said. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/fast-food-chain-closing-up-200-underperforming-locations">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Feds Nabs Alleged Genocidal Rwandan Living As Beekeeper On Long Island</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/feds-nabs-alleged-genocidal-rwandan-living-as-beekeeper-on-long-island/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 02:22:43 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Immigration Crack Down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MIDDLE COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/feds-nabs-alleged-genocidal-rwandan-living-as-beekeeper-on-long-island/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP269024138146-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />An alleged leader of violence during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 has been living in an exclusive enclave on Long Island as a beekeeper. He was arrested Thursday and accused of concealing his role in horrific violence and human rights violations by making false statements in his applications for a visa, green card and for […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/feds-nabs-alleged-genocidal-rwandan-living-as-beekeeper-on-long-island/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP269024138146-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="626" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP269024138146.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP269024138146.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP269024138146-300x183.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP269024138146-768x470.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>An alleged leader of violence during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 has been living in an exclusive enclave on Long Island as a beekeeper. He was arrested Thursday and accused of concealing his role in horrific violence and human rights violations by making false statements in his applications for a visa, green card and for U.S. citizenship, according to the Justice Department.</p><p>Faustin Nsabumukunzi is charged with visa fraud and attempted naturalization fraud for allegedly lying on his application for a green card and for U.S. citizenship.</p><p>Nsabumukunzi was arrested at his home in Bridgehampton and pleaded not guilty Thursday in Islip federal court. He was released on $250,000 bond with home detention and GPS monitoring and will be allowed to keep working as a gardener for a private equity entrepreneur on Long Island who signed his bond.</p><p>“As alleged, Nsabumukunzi repeatedly lied to conceal his involvement in the horrific Rwandan genocide while seeking to become a lawful permanent resident and citizen of the United States,” said United States Attorney John Durham. “For over two decades, he got away with those lies and lived in the United States with an undeserved clean slate, a luxury that his victims will never have, but thanks to the tenacious efforts of our investigators and prosecutors, the defendant finally will be held accountable for his brutal actions.”</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/rwandan-genocide-leader-living-exclusive-new-york-enclave/story?id=121129509">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Vatican Warns Mourners: No Selfies With The Late Pope</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/vatican-warns-mourners-no-selfies-with-the-late-pope/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:59:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RIGHT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/vatican-warns-mourners-no-selfies-with-the-late-pope/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745632147-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Vatican officials are asking visitors not to take selfies with the late Pope Francis as he lies in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, telling them to put their phones away as they passed by the coffin. Almost 130,000 people have paid their respects to the pontiff, many queuing for hours to glimpse him lying in […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/vatican-warns-mourners-no-selfies-with-the-late-pope/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745632147-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745632147-1024x682.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745632147-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745632147-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745632147-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745632147-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745632147-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Vatican officials are asking visitors not to take selfies with the late Pope Francis as he lies in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, telling them to put their phones away as they passed by the coffin.</p><p>Almost 130,000 people have paid their respects to the pontiff, many queuing for hours to glimpse him lying in an open coffin, the Vatican said in a statement.</p><p>And while many bowed their heads in reflection and prayer, others held their mobile phones aloft, trying to take photos of Francis at rest, CNN footage filmed on Wednesday inside the basilica showed.</p><p>Videos posted on TikTok captured people stopping in front of the coffin to pose for selfies too. “So disrespectful,” read one comment, which has received more than 7,000 likes.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/travel/vatican-visitors-selfies-pope-francis-intl-scli/index.html">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Epstein Victim Kills Herself</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/epstein-victim-kills-herself/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:43:21 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Epstein]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[featured]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/epstein-victim-kills-herself/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745631277-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Outspoken Victim Virginia Giuffre Dead By Suicide<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/epstein-victim-kills-herself/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745631277-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745631277-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745631277-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745631277-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745631277-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745631277-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745631277-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, has died by suicide, her family said Friday. </p><p>Giuffre, 41, died in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living for several years.</p><p>Giuffre was one of the earliest and loudest voices calling for criminal charges against Epstein and his enablers. Other Epstein abuse survivors later credited her with giving them the courage to speak out.</p><p>She also provided critical information to law enforcement that contributed to the investigation into and later the conviction of Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as other investigations by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.</p><p>“It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,” her family said in a statement to NBC News. “She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-giuffre-one-jeffrey-epsteins-prominent-abuse-survivors-dies-s-rcna203027">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Elementary School Faces Blowback For ‘Whites Only,’ ‘Colored Only’ Signs</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/elementary-school-faces-blowback-for-whites-only-colored-only-signs/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:27:59 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RIGHT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/elementary-school-faces-blowback-for-whites-only-colored-only-signs/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Segregated_water_fountain-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />A group of parents said they are upset after their kids walked inside Honey Creek Elementary and found segregation signs posted inside the school. The parents told Channel 2’s Audrey Washington the signs seen in the school April 15 read: “For Whites Only” and “For Colored Only.” The signs were reportedly posted above water fountains […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/elementary-school-faces-blowback-for-whites-only-colored-only-signs/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Segregated_water_fountain-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1014" height="714" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Segregated_water_fountain.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Segregated_water_fountain.jpg 1014w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Segregated_water_fountain-300x211.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Segregated_water_fountain-768x541.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px" /></div><p>A group of parents said they are upset after their kids walked inside Honey Creek Elementary and found segregation signs posted inside the school.</p><p>The parents told Channel 2’s Audrey Washington the signs seen in the school April 15 read:</p><p>“For Whites Only” and “For Colored Only.”</p><p>The signs were reportedly posted above water fountains and inside the cafeteria.</p><p>A Rockdale County School District spokesperson said the signs were a part of a history lesson about Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to desegregate an all-white public school in the South.</p><p><a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/rockdale-county/whites-only-colored-only-signs-posted-rockdale-elementary-school/7B6BXQHPMFCWHD3MDVZYNDGVJE/">More here</a><br />Still, parents voiced their disappointment about the signs on social media and at a recent school board meeting.</p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>DOJ Authorizes Subpoenas, Search Warrants Of Media In Leak Investigations</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/doj-authorizes-subpoenas-search-warrants-of-media-in-leak-investigations/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:11:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/doj-authorizes-subpoenas-search-warrants-of-media-in-leak-investigations/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-600x600.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have authority to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to hunt for government officials who make “unauthorized disclosures” to journalists. New regulations announced by Bondi in a memo to the […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/doj-authorizes-subpoenas-search-warrants-of-media-in-leak-investigations/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-400x400.jpg 400w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-600x600.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP25015696304174-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have authority to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to hunt for government officials who make “unauthorized disclosures” to journalists.</p><p>New regulations announced by Bondi in a memo to the staff obtained by The Associated Press on Friday rescind a Biden administration policy that protected journalists from having their phone records secretly seized during leak investigations — a practice long decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.</p><p>The new regulations assert that news organizations must respond to subpoenas “when authorized at the appropriate level of the Department of Justice” and also allow for prosecutors to use court orders and search warrants to “compel production of information and testimony by and relating to the news media.”</p><p>The memo says members of the press are “presumptively entitled to advance notice of such investigative activities,” and subpoenas are to be “narrowly drawn.”</p><p>Warrants must also include “protocols designed to limit the scope of intrusion into potentially protected materials or newsgathering activities,” the memo states.</p><p><a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/us-news/justice-department-says-it-will-resume-practice-of-obtaining-reporters-records-in-leak-inquiries/">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Another Judge Foils Trump, This Time On Federal Collective Bargaining</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/another-judge-foils-trump-this-time-on-federal-collective-bargaining/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:22:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[First 100 Days]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/another-judge-foils-trump-this-time-on-federal-collective-bargaining/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745626904-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />A federal judge Friday afternoon temporarily blocked the Trump administration from invalidating union contracts for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for the president this week. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman of the District of Columbia said President Donald Trump’s March directive stripping federal workers at […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/another-judge-foils-trump-this-time-on-federal-collective-bargaining/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745626904-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745626904-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745626904-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745626904-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745626904-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745626904-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745626904-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>A federal judge Friday afternoon temporarily blocked the Trump administration from invalidating union contracts for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for the president this week.</p><p>U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman of the District of Columbia said President Donald Trump’s March directive stripping federal workers at dozens of agencies of their union rights was unlawful, in an order granting a temporary injunction.</p><p>“An opinion explaining the Court’s reasoning will be issued within the next few days,” Friedman, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, wrote.</p><p>Trump’s executive order from late March canceled union rights at more than two dozen federal agencies and offices, in a major expansion of the administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government. The White House cited national security concerns for terminating workers’ ability to bargain collectively, but the order applied to federal agencies with both direct and indirect links to national security.</p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/iDYyl">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Trump: Time For Russia, Ukraine To Finish Peace Deal</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/trump-time-for-russia-ukraine-to-finish-peace-deal/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:52:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/trump-time-for-russia-ukraine-to-finish-peace-deal/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AP24271521038218-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />President Donald Trump on Friday night called for Russian and Ukrainian officials to meet and finish their peace deal that would end the years-long war in Ukraine, stating it was time to “stop the bloodshed.” The comment was made on social media as the president landed in Rome for the late Pope Francis’ funeral. U.S. […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/trump-time-for-russia-ukraine-to-finish-peace-deal/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AP24271521038218-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AP24271521038218.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AP24271521038218.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AP24271521038218-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AP24271521038218-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>President Donald Trump on Friday night called for Russian and Ukrainian officials to meet and finish their peace deal that would end the years-long war in Ukraine, stating it was time to “stop the bloodshed.”</p><p>The comment was made on social media as the president landed in Rome for the late Pope Francis’ funeral. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff spent most of Friday working with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to further peace talks between the two countries, which the United States is helping to orchestrate.</p><p>Trump said the U.S. was still committed to helping “facilitate” the end of the war, but encouraged the leaders of both countries to “finish” the agreement off.</p><p><a href="https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-calls-ukraine-and-russian-officials-finish-peace-deal-stop-bloodshed?utm_source=breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>International Students Warned Against Traveling Overseas This Summer</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/international-students-warned-against-traveling-overseas-this-summer/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:46:31 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Immigration Crack Down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/international-students-warned-against-traveling-overseas-this-summer/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745624510-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Universities are continuing to warn international students about traveling abroad this summer as the Trump administration said Friday it would restore legal status to those who’d had it revoked. The University of California, Berkeley, reiterated hours after the announcement that overseas travel by international students remains a high risk because immigration policies can change rapidly. […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/international-students-warned-against-traveling-overseas-this-summer/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745624510-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="679" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745624510-1024x679.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745624510-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745624510-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745624510-768x510.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745624510-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745624510-2048x1359.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Universities are continuing to warn international students about traveling abroad this summer as the Trump administration said Friday it would restore legal status to those who’d had it revoked.</p><p>The University of California, Berkeley, reiterated hours after the announcement that overseas travel by international students remains a high risk because immigration policies can change rapidly.</p><p>Many universities nationwide have cautioned international students about traveling abroad this summer, fearing many will not be allowed to return.</p><p>“Due to the increased risks involved in re-entering into the United States, we are advising members of the Duke international community to avoid international travel unless essential,” the university wrote last week in a memo to students and faculty. “A valid visa does not guarantee entry to the U.S.”</p><p>The administration’s change in policy came after thousands of international college students had already had their visas, legal statuses and immigration records terminated.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-colleges-warn-international-students-not-travel-overseas-summer-rcna202886">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>‘Gruesome’: Bondi Says Illegal Alien Had Photos Of 2 Decapitated Victims On Phone</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/gruesome-illegal-alien-had-photos-of-two-decapitated-victims-on-his-phone/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:30:27 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Immigration Crack Down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LEFT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/gruesome-illegal-alien-had-photos-of-two-decapitated-victims-on-his-phone/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745623441-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that one of the three illegal aliens involved in the arrest of a former New Mexico judge had images of a decapitated victim on his cell phone. Bondi offered the revelation as evidence that the illegal alien allegedly harbored by former Judge Jose “Joel” Cano was a member of […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/gruesome-illegal-alien-had-photos-of-two-decapitated-victims-on-his-phone/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745623441-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="685" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745623441-1024x685.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745623441-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745623441-300x201.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745623441-768x514.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745623441-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745623441-2048x1369.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that one of the three illegal aliens involved in the arrest of a former New Mexico judge had images of a decapitated victim on his cell phone.</p><p>Bondi offered the revelation as evidence that the illegal alien allegedly harbored by former Judge Jose “Joel” Cano was a member of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang from El Salvador. Cano resigned from his office after his residence was searched in February, and he was arrested on Friday.</p><p>Democrats have objected to the arrest and accused the administration of abusing government powers, but Bondi appeared on Fox News in order to deny the allegations. Fox host Sandra Smith said the illegal alien was linked to the gang through clothing, tattoos, and text messages, before asking Bondi what charges the former judge and his wife faced.</p><p>“Judge Cano, soon to be former Judge Cano — his charges were just unsealed. He is charged with obstruction. … He admitted post-Miranda. He took one of the TDA members’ cell phones himself — took it, beat it with a hammer, destroyed it, then walked the pieces to a city dumpster to dispose of it to protect him,” said Bondi.</p><p><a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/tren-de-aragua-bondi-judge-arrest">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Cyber Crimes Cost Americans $16 Billion In 2024 – Up 33% From 2023</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/cyber-crimes-cost-americans-16-billion-in-2024-up-33-from-2023/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:14:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Crime Blotter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RIGHT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/cyber-crimes-cost-americans-16-billion-in-2024-up-33-from-2023/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cyber-crime-azamat-e-for-unsplash-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Cyber scams skyrocketed in 2024, with digital fraudsters stealing $16 billion from Americans — a 33% increase from the previous year, according to FBI data released on Thursday. The FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report tracks complaints and losses via online extortion, phishing scams, phony investments, and other e-crimes. Across the country, Californians proved to be […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/cyber-crimes-cost-americans-16-billion-in-2024-up-33-from-2023/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cyber-crime-azamat-e-for-unsplash-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cyber-crime-azamat-e-for-unsplash-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cyber-crime-azamat-e-for-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cyber-crime-azamat-e-for-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cyber-crime-azamat-e-for-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cyber-crime-azamat-e-for-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cyber-crime-azamat-e-for-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Cyber scams skyrocketed in 2024, with digital fraudsters stealing $16 billion from Americans — a 33% increase from the previous year, according to FBI data released on Thursday.</p><p>The FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report tracks complaints and losses via online extortion, phishing scams, phony investments, and other e-crimes.</p><p>Across the country, Californians proved to be the biggest schmucks of all, forking over a staggering $2.5 billion to digital desperados.</p><p>That’s $1.2 billion more than the next highest state, Texas, which is the only other state with more than 30 million people.</p><p><a href="https://dnyuz.com/2025/04/25/cyber-scams-are-skyrocketing-costing-americans-16b-and-this-state-lost-the-most-to-online-fraudsters/">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Kennedy Center Cancels LGBTQ+ Events Planned For Pride Festival</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/kennedy-center-cancels-lgbtq-events-planned-for-pride-festival/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:55:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RIGHT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/kennedy-center-cancels-lgbtq-events-planned-for-pride-festival/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25076816624039-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions. Multiple artists and producers involved in the center’s Tapestry of Pride schedule, which […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/kennedy-center-cancels-lgbtq-events-planned-for-pride-festival/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25076816624039-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25076816624039-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25076816624039-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25076816624039-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25076816624039-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25076816624039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25076816624039-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions.</p><p>Multiple artists and producers involved in the center’s Tapestry of Pride schedule, which had been planned for June 5 to 8, told The Associated Press that their events had been quietly canceled or moved to other venues. And in the wake of the cancellations, Washington’s Capital Pride Alliance has disassociated itself from the Kennedy Center.</p><p>“We are a resilient community, and we have found other avenues to celebrate,” said June Crenshaw, deputy director of the alliance. “We are finding another path to the celebration … but the fact that we have to maneuver in this way is disappointing.”</p><p>The Kennedy Center’s website still lists with a general description and a link to the World Pride site. There are no other details.</p><p>The Kennedy Center did not respond to a request from the AP for comment.</p><p><a href="https://dnyuz.com/2025/04/25/kennedy-center-events-scheduled-for-lgbtq-pride-celebration-have-been-canceled-organizers-say/">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Southwest CEO Says Airline Industry Already In Recession</title> <link>https://www.offthepress.com/southwest-ceo-says-airline-industry-already-in-recession/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty Kaufmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:47:53 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RIGHT COLUMN]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.offthepress.com/southwest-ceo-says-airline-industry-already-in-recession/</guid> <description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745621000-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />A recession isn’t coming after all — it’s already here, according to at least one airline CEO. Southwest Airlines (LUV-1.85%) CEO Bob Jordan told Bloomberg that demand has cratered in recent months, with domestic leisure travel dropping more than he’s ever seen besides the Covid-19 pandemic. The executive expects Southwest’s second-quarter revenue to fall by […]<div><a href="https://www.offthepress.com/southwest-ceo-says-airline-industry-already-in-recession/">...Click to read more</a><br></div>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745621000-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745621000-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style=" margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top:10px;" srcset="https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745621000-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745621000-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745621000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745621000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.offthepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/reuters-1745621000-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><p>A recession isn’t coming after all — it’s already here, according to at least one airline CEO.</p><p>Southwest Airlines (LUV-1.85%) CEO Bob Jordan told Bloomberg that demand has cratered in recent months, with domestic leisure travel dropping more than he’s ever seen besides the Covid-19 pandemic. The executive expects Southwest’s second-quarter revenue to fall by six percentage points after it declined by three points in the first quarter.</p><p>“I don’t care if you call it a recession or not, in this industry that’s a recession,” the CEO told Bloomberg.</p><p>Southwest is more reliant on domestic leisure travel than other airlines, like Delta (DAL-1.15%), that get a significant portion of their revenue from business travel. Because of this, Southwest is more vulnerable to changes in consumers’ willingness to shell out money for travel.</p><p>“When consumers are uncertain, they pull back,” Jordan said. “Consumers can immediately stop spending.”</p><p><a href="https://qz.com/southwest-airlines-in-recession-ceo-bob-jordan-earnings-1851777818">More here</a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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