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What's Happening
International
Israel’s Strike on a Rafah Camp Is Prompting Global Outrage
What's going on: Today,Israelreportedly pressed onwith its offensive inRafah after Sunday’s deadly airstrikedrew immediate condemnation from world leaders — including Germany’s vice chancellor and French President Emmanuel Macron.At least 45 people were killed in the strike, the Gaza Health Ministry said.The Israeli military said it opened an investigation into the deaths of civilians and thattwo Hamas officials were killed in the incident.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahucalled the strike a“tragic mistake.”
What it means: Last weekend’s strike marked one of the deadliest events in Rafah since Israel began its invasion earlier this month. The Biden admin reportedly told Netanyahu to do more to protect Palestinian civilians. The outcry comes just days after the UN's top court ordered Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah, and underscores the challenges in enforcing the court's directive. The incident is also likely to further complicate cease-fire negotiations, which are expected to resume this week.
Investors Are Putting Money Into Elon Musk’s AI Start-Up
What's going on: Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s startup xAI announced it raised $6 billion, which Musk said puts the company’s valuation at $24 billion. Although xAI has not disclosed specific plans for the funds, Musk reportedly noted days ago that the company, founded last July, “still has a lot of catching up to do” compared to AI rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic.
What it means: The extra cash narrows the financial gap between xAI and its well-funded competitors, including Anthropic, tech giants like Google, and OpenAI, which Musk co-founded before leaving in 2018.
Employers No Longer Want to Offer High-Paying Remote Jobs
What's going on: Recent analyses ofmore than 500,000 job postingsover the past year revealed thathigh-paying remote jobs (over $250,000 or more per year) dropped by 95%, while hybrid jobs saw a 60% decline. Now, only about 4% of jobs with a quarter-million-dollar salary are fully remote, falling from 10% a year ago. One of the leaders behind the research reportedly said “managers prefer in-person supervision and visibility.”
What it means: The latest data lines up with what major companies(most recently, banks like Citigroupand HSBC)have been publicly saying for some time: they want employees back IRL. And this could set the stage for a standoff between Americans who prefer remote work (and are willing to accept a pay cut for it) and employers who insist on in-person attendance.
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Let's Unpack This
How could the so-called “double haters” shape this year’s presidential election?
Meet: the “double haters.” They are the 16% to 20% of the electorate who have unfavorable views of both President Biden and former President Trump. This group isn’t new, double haters have been around for multiple election cycles. But they can be unpredictable and that’s something that pollsters like Charles Franklin, professor of law and public policy and director of the Marquette Law School Poll, are watching:
“What we don’t know over the next six months is: Does this level of dissatisfaction start to come down as people really look at the alternatives of Biden and Trump and face the reality that that’s their practical choice?”
Double haters are more likely to say they’d vote for a third-party candidate or not vote at all. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made progress gaining ballot access in states across the country and is trying to get on the June presidential debate stage. But, if history is any indication, double haters might ultimately opt for one of the two major party candidates.
“In 2016, the double haters broke substantially for Trump, but in 2020 they broke substantially for Biden,” Franklin said.
”That’s no help at all for knowing which way they’ll break this year, except to say that... they actually could be pretty important for determining the winner of the election.”
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