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Trump administration drops legal defense of Biden-era noncompete ban
Washington Examiner
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September 8, 2025
The Trump administration dropped its legal defense of an aggressive Biden-era ban on employee noncompete agreements, marking a return to the status quo for federal policy on labor competition.In court filings submitted Friday, the Justice...
U.S. will enforce foreign worker laws, White House says after Hyundai raid
The Gazette - Colorado
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will enforce laws that require foreign workers have proper authorization to be in the United States, the White House said on Friday after immigration authorities raided a Hyundai facility in Georgia....
Plane waits on tarmac as South Korea begs US to free workers caught in immigration sweep
Malay Mail
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September 11, 2025
ATLANTA, Sept 11 — South Korea’s top diplomat made a direct appeal Wednesday to the United States to release hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid that stunned the close US ally, as a plane dispatched by Seoul was delayed. South...
STREAM LIVE: Hearings for 61 defendants charged in Atlanta Public Safety Training Center protests
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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September 8, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A series of motions hearings are underway in what could be the largest criminal racketeering case in American history, right here in Atlanta. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer is overseeing the...
Georgia Sen. Warnock, RFK Jr. verbally spar at Senate committee hearing: 'You oughtta resign'
WOI-DT - Iowa
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September 4, 2025
HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying Thursday about President Trump's 2026 healthcare agenda and facing contentious questioning from committee Democrats. WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human...
Ronald Brownstein: Democrats’ Senate problems are more than map-deep
The Times-Tribune - Pennsylvania
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September 8, 2025
The odds of Democrats recapturing the Senate in next year’s midterm election are long. The usual explanation is that they are confronting a “difficult map,” with few opportunities to flip seats that Republicans now hold. That’s not wrong, but as...
What to know about the Hyundai-LG plant immigration raid in Georgia
CNBC
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September 8, 2025
This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees being escorted outside the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga Corey...
Hundreds of Koreans arrested in immigration raid at Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia
Hankyoreh
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September 8, 2025
US authorities carried out a massive immigration raid on a battery factory under construction in Georgia co-owned by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution on Sept. 4, 2025. (still from video posted to social media) The US Department of...
Casi 500 detenidos en redada en planta de Hyundai. En Georgia, el silencio es ensordecedor
KVIA - Texas
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September 8, 2025
Por Graham Hurley y Dalia Faheid, CNN Si conduces hacia Ellabell, Georgia, por la ruta estatal 204 –pasando unas casas prefabricadas, un par de iglesias y un Dollar General– jamás imaginarías que a solo unos kilómetros se levanta un enorme...
South Korea wants workers detained in Georgia raid to be allowed re-enter US
The Irish Times
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South Korea said on Monday it was in talks with the United States over allowing the re-entry of hundreds of its citizens who were arrested last week during a US immigration raid at a car battery project and are due to be flown home soon. About 300...
South Korea to fetch workers detained in Georgia raid
The Week Magazine
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September 8, 2025
What happened South Korea Sunday said it will send an airplane to the U.S. to collect more than 300 of its citizens detained in an immigration raid on a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution electric-vehicle battery plant under construction in rural...
Comment: More than ‘the map’ complicates Democrats’ Senate hopes
Herald - Washington State
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September 8, 2025
By Ronald Brownstein / Bloomberg Opinion The odds of Democrats recapturing the Senate in next year’s midterm election are long. The usual explanation is that they are confronting a “difficult map,” with few opportunities to flip seats that...
Trump Raid on Hyundai Georgia Plant Arrests 475 for Visa Violations
WebProNews
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September 8, 2025
Escalating Immigration Enforcement in Corporate America The Trump administration is signaling a ramped-up approach to immigration enforcement, with plans to scrutinize more businesses following a high-profile raid at a Hyundai Motor Group facility...
South Korean Companies Halt Georgia Investments After ICE Raid
Jalopnik
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September 8, 2025
Happy Monday! It's September 8, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans...
South Koreans feel betrayed over detainment of hundreds of workers at Georgia plant raid
WTVC - Tennessee
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained last week in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, as the incident caused...
Smithsonian reaffirms 'independence' in response to White House’s demand for review
AOL
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III asserted the Smithsonian Institution's control over its programming and content this week in a letter addressed to the White House after the Trump administration demanded a review of the institution's...
Georgia facility where Koreans are detained has history of health and safety violations
Korea JoungAng Daily
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September 7, 2025
Published: 07 Sep. 2025, 15:04 Violations found at the Folkston ICE Processing Center in November 2021, as revealed by the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security [DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY] The facility where...
Trump’s Invasion of Washington DC Costs over $1 Million a Day
Marxism-Leninism Today
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September 8, 2025
August 25, 2025 Inequality.org Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. And that’s true across the country. President Trump mobilized the D.C. National Guard under the guise of...
Bill Gates Says He and Trump Are Discussing 'Gene Editing' and Vaccines at White House
The Western Journal
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September 5, 2025
During a White House dinner on Thursday, billionaire Bill Gates spoke about vaccines, gene editing, and how he and President Donald Trump plan to take such innovations further. The president and First Lady Melania Trump dined with Gates to their...
South Korea Plans Repatriation After US Raids Detain 300 Hyundai Workers in Georgia
Arise News
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September 8, 2025
South Korea is preparing to repatriate around 300 of its citizens detained during a large-scale US immigration raid at a Hyundai Motor manufacturing facility in Georgia, officials in Seoul confirmed on Sunday. The operation, carried out last...