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❓What Happened: Intel reportedly plans to reduce its workforce by more than 20 percent.
👥 Who’s Involved: Intel, CEO Lip-Bu Tan, and rival company Nvidia.
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📍 Where & When: Announcement expected this week, unspecified global regions affected.
⚠️ Impact: The tech company faces challenges in artificial intelligence (AI) computing and supply chain disruptions.
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Intel Corp. is preparing to announce a significant workforce reduction, potentially cutting over 20 percent of its employees to address declining sales and bolster its focus on engineering, according to reports. This decision comes as the U.S. semiconductor giant works to regain its competitive edge, having lagged behind companies like Nvidia in artificial intelligence (AI) computing.
Sources indicate that the new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, who recently assumed leadership, aims to streamline operations and enhance the company’s engineering focus. However, Intel has not verified reports of the planned layoffs. The specifics regarding which regions might be affected also remain unclear.
While the corporate media appears to be readying itself to blame President Donald J. Trump’s tariff policy for Intel’s struggles, an exemption for computer parts and related products is already in place, and Nvidia is responding to the new situation over the longer term by reshoring production to the U.S.
Notably, Intel already reduced its workforce by approximately 15,000 under former President Joe Biden last year, ending with 108,900 employees, compared to 124,800 in the previous period.
Once recognized as the premier computer chipmaker worldwide, Intel has been overtaken by firms more adept at capitalizing on AI advancements and the corresponding demand for specialized chips. The company’s approach to AI, now widely seen as a transformative technology, has been considered sluggish.
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❓What Happened: President Donald J. Trump expressed concerns over the feasibility of conducting trials for millions of migrants who entered the U.S. illegally.
👥 Who’s Involved: Donald J. Trump, President of the United States; Joe Biden, former President; U.S. federal courts; migrants; suspected gang members.
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📍 Where & When: Remarks made in the Oval Office; reported on April 22.
💬 Key Quote: “We’re getting them out. I hope we get cooperation from the courts, because we have thousands of people that are ready to go out, and you can’t have a trial for all of these people,” Trump stated to reporters.
⚠️ Impact: Trump’s plans for mass deportation face challenges from federal courts, potentially affecting immigration enforcement and policy execution.
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President Donald J. Trump spoke about the challenges related to holding legal proceedings for potentially millions of migrants who have entered the United States illegally on Tuesday. He emphasized the improbability of providing court trials for every individual due to the sheer volume of cases. Trump stressed the need for expedited deportations to ensure national safety, suggesting that obstructive legal processes could lead to a perilous situation for the country.
“We’re getting them out. I hope we get cooperation from the courts, because we have thousands of people that are ready to go out, and you can’t have a trial for all of these people,” he said, pointing out that the current legal system isn’t designed to accommodate trials at such a large scale.
“A judge can’t say, ‘You know, you have to have a trial.’ The trial is going to take two years,” Trump warned. “No, we’re going to have a very dangerous country if we’re not allowed to do what we’re entitled to do. And I won an election based on the fact that we get them out.”
In a post on his Truth Social platform, he highlighted the double standards involved in allowing Biden to let in millions of migrants with no meaningful legal process, while requiring him to go through the courts every time he has to remove one.
“How can Biden let Millions of Criminals into our Country, totally unchecked and unvetted, with no Legal authority to do so, yet I, in order to make up for this assault to our Nation, am expected to go through a lengthy Legal process, separately, for each and every Criminal Alien,” he demanded. “As usual, TWO DIFFERENT STANDARDS, only leading to the Complete and Total Destruction of the U.S.A.”
Court challenges against the Trump administration, particularly concerning immigration policy, have been a recurring feature of its opening months. Judges like the Barack Obama-appointed U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg have hindered efforts to utilize the Alien Enemies Act to remove migrants swiftly, making it harder to deport illegals linked to organized crime groups like MS-13.
President Trump promised a policy of mass deportations of illegal immigrants, particularly criminal aliens, on the 2024 campaign trail. Past polling suggests that a majority of Americans support the policy.
Jack Montgomery contributed to this report.
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