Harris slams Trump over Kimmel suspension but Elon Musk points to a 2019 tweet
Elon Musk revisited former Vice President and former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ years-old call for President Donald Trump’s ban from social media as she claims “free speech” concerns over Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off the air.
Harris has weighed in on Disney’s decision to pull ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely,” defending Kimmel and slamming what she calls an “outright abuse of power” by the Trump administration.
“What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power. This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats,” Harris wrote on X about Kimmel’s suspension. “We cannot dare to be silent or complacent in the face of this frontal assault on free speech. We, the people, deserve better.”
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Many X users, including Musk, the platform’s owner, were quick to point out Harris’ own past statements, and some suggested they appeared to support censorship.
Musk revisited a 2019 tweet by Harris when Trump was serving his first term. Harris, a U.S. senator representing California at the time, was running for vice president when she made the post on X, now Twitter.
“Look let’s be honest, @realDonaldTrump’s Twitter account should be suspended,” Harris wrote on Sept. 30, 2019.
Musk re-posted the message on Friday, adding a thinking face emoji.
Kimmel’s show was pulled after he accused conservatives of reaching “new lows” in trying to pin a left-wing ideology on Tyler Robinson, who is accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, even though prosecutors reaffirmed those ties in an indictment.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said, sparking outrage.
There have been several questions about the role the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) played in the suspension. Those questioning the move are on both sides of the aisle, with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warning conservatives they “will regret” setting the precedent.
“What he is saying is Jimmy Kimmel was lying. That’s true, he was lying, and lying to the American people is not in the public interest,” Cruz said on an episode of his podcast. “He threatens explicitly, ‘We’re going to cancel ABC News’ license. We’re going to take him off the air, so ABC cannot broadcast anymore’ … He threatens it.”
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr joined Fox News’ Sean Hannity Sept. 17, the day the suspension was announced, and defended the move.
“Broadcasters are different than any other form of communication,” Carr said, pointing to affiliate groups like Nexstar and Sinclair that announced they would no longer carry “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” He argued that local stations acted appropriately, saying they were “standing up to serve the interests of their community.”
“Over the years, the FCC walked away from enforcing that public interest obligation,” Carr said. “I don’t think we’re better off as a country for it.”
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Saturday that the decision to “fire Jimmy Kimmel and to cancel his show came from executives at ABC.”
“That has now been reported,” Leavitt said. “And I can assure you it did not come from the White House, and there was no pressure given from the president of the United States.”
The Biden-Harris administration has seen its share of censorship controversies, particularly in its interactions with social media companies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During a 2021 press conference, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration was “flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation.”
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In August 2024, just ahead of the presidential election, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted in a letter that the Biden-Harris administration pressured Facebook to censor Americans.
Zuckerberg made the admission in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, more than a year after providing the committee with thousands of documents as part of its investigation into content moderation on online platforms.
California governor taunts ICE agents with new law: ‘What are you afraid of?’
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed a bill banning law enforcement from wearing face coverings while conducting official business in California.
The bill, which was presented to Newsom on Wednesday, makes it a misdemeanor crime for local, state, or federal law enforcement to wear masks or personal disguises during their duties, unless an officer is undercover or performing a tactical operation that requires protective gear.
The bill would also impose a civil penalty against officers for “tortious conduct,” including false imprisonment or false arrest of an individual while wearing a facial covering.
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Announcing the bill signing on Saturday, Newsom taunted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, repetitively asking “what are you afraid of?”
“Unmarked cars, people in masks, people quite literally disappearing. No due process, no rights—no rights in a democracy where we have rights, immigrants have rights,” Newsom said. “We have the right to stand up and push back, and that’s what we’re doing here today. This is a disgrace. This is an outrage. What we have allowed to happen in this country. … To ICE: unmask. What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of?”
The ban comes after a series of immigration raids in Los Angeles, where federal agents were spotted wearing masks to protect their identities from being leaked.
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin this week noted federal agents are already required to identify themselves and wear clothing that designates they are with ICE or Homeland Security markers during operations.
“Another day, another sanctuary politician pulling a stunt in attempt to get their 15 minutes of fame while endangering DHS personnel and detainees,” McLaughlin wrote. “The men and women of ICE put their lives on the line every day to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens to protect and defend the lives of American citizens.”
The agency is experiencing a 1,000% surge in assaults against ICE officers, leading to concerns about their safety and their families’ safety, according to McLaughlin.
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Several states have introduced similar legislation, including Tennessee, Michigan, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, according to a report from the Associated Press.
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It is unclear how the new California bill will be enforced.
Golf legend tells Omar she should be ‘sent back to Somalia’ after her Kirk comments
Golf legend Phil Mickelson took aim at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Saturday after the controversial congresswoman insulted Charlie Kirk and his legacy.
During an interview on CNN, Omar addressed her recent social media posts in which she called Kirk “Dr. Frankenstein,” doubling down on those comments and saying his legacy should be left in the “dustbin of history.”
“What I find jarring is that there’s so many people willing to excuse the most reprehensible things that he said, that they agree with that, that they’re willing to have monuments for him, that they want to create a day to honor him, and that they want to produce resolutions in the house of Congress honoring his life and legacy,” Omar said.
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“I am not going to sit here and be judged for not wanting to honor any legacy this man has left behind, that should be in the dustbin of history, and we should hopefully move on and forget the hate that he spewed every single day.”
Mickelson responded to Omar’s comments in a post on X, saying he hopes she’s “sent back to Somalia soon.”
“Ilhan spews hate every time she opens her mouth, she came here fraudulently and will hopefully be sent back to Somalia soon,” Mickelson wrote.
Mickelson was mostly praised for his rebuke to Omar in his X responses.
Mickelson has been outwardly supporting of Kirk in the days following his assassination in Utah, making frequent X posts commemorating the conservative influencer and celebrating his life and legacy.
Mickelson previously said he believed the assassination was bringing out “some of the best in humanity and it’s also exposing some of the worst.”
“The assassination of Charlie Kirk is bringing out some of the best in humanity and it’s also exposing some of the worst,” he wrote on X in response to a statement from the president of the Oxford Union. “The unification, love, support, and outcry on his behalf throughout the world is heartwarming.
“The number of people supporting Tyler Robinson’s appalling behavior has opened my eyes to a side of extremism with a moral superiority complex that has also shaken my belief in people in general. I hope they are held accountable for their disgusting rhetoric.”
Meanwhile, Omar has been a target of GOP colleagues since making her initial comments condemning Kirk.
Omar specifically faced backlash over an interview with progressive news outlet Zeteo, in which she criticized Kirk’s past commentary and Republicans’ reaction to the shooting. She later accused Republicans of taking her words out of context, and she called Kirk’s death “mortifying.”
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She previously told Zeteo days after Kirk’s assassination that he had “downplayed slavery and what Black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth shouldn’t exist.”
“There are a lot of people who are out there talking about him just wanting to have a civil debate,” the “Squad” member said. “There is nothing more effed up, you know, like, than to completely pretend that, you know, his words and actions have not been recorded and in existence for the last decade or so.”
She later posted on X amid the backlash, “While I disagreed with Charlie Kirk vehemently about his rhetoric, my heart breaks for his wife and children. I don’t wish violence on anyone. My faith teaches me the power of peace, empathy, and compassion. Right-wing accounts trying to spin a false story when I condemned his murder multiple times is fitting for their agenda to villainize the left to hide from the fact that Donald Trump gins up hate on a daily basis.”
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Omar also reposted a video on X, where others not associated with the congresswoman said, “Don’t be fooled, these people don’t give a single s— about Charlie Kirk. They’re just using his death to further their Christo-fascist agenda.”
The Minnesota Democrat’s colleagues have vehemently defended her against censure and Republican criticism.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., moved to force a vote on censuring Omar over her reaction to Kirk’s killing, but the move was quashed when four Republicans and all Democrats voted to table the measure.
House Main Street Caucus Chairman Mike Flood, R-Neb., will refer Omar for a House Ethics Committee investigation, Fox News Digital reported Thursday.
The top of the list of complaints will include the progressive Democrat’s “obnoxious, insulting and dismissive comments following the assassination of Charlie Kirk,” he said.
“Second, harboring illegal immigrants. I believe in February of this year that Omar hosted a workshop advising Somalians on how to avoid being deported after protecting the laws of the United States,” Flood continued of his points. “No. 3, she’s used TikTok for mixed official and campaign content, which specifically violates other House rules.”
Massive American bomb from WWII forces 6,000 to flee dense neighborhood
Thousands of people were forced to evacuate a bustling neighborhood of Hong Kong overnight while experts sweated through the delicate work of defusing an undetonated nearly 5-foot, 1,000-pound bomb left over from World War II.
The U.S.-made bomb was found at a construction site in Quarry Bay on Hong Kong’s west side overnight Friday, and it isn’t the first bomb from the war to be found on the island.
“We have confirmed this object to be a bomb dating back to World War II,” Andy Chan Tin-Chu, a police official, told reporters. He said because of “the exceptionally high risks associated with its disposal,” approximately 1,900 households involving 6,000 individuals were “urged to evacuate swiftly.”
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Hong Kong Police said in a statement that the 1,000-pound bomb had 500 pounds of TNT that was likely dropped by U.S. service members during the war, and bomb experts had to work from around 2 a.m. Saturday until nearly noon.
Police said the disposal ordinance team “brav[ed] the elements under the typhoon” to dismantle the bomb,” neutralizing the threat by 11:48 a.m.
No one was injured.
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“Given the high risks involved in the handling of the bomb that officers from our #ExplosiveOrdnanceDisposal (#EOD) Bureau believe to still be in good condition—#HKPF devised the emergency evacuation plan upon the discovery of the bomb by workers in a construction site at No. 16-94 of fPan Hoi Street—for the sake of ensuring #PublicSafety,” the Hong Kong Police Force said in an alert on X.
In 2018, experts defused another WWII bomb found at a construction site in Hong Kong’s business district. It also weighed 1,000 pounds and was the third bomb dug up since January of that year.
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Hong Kong was occupied by Japanese forces during the war and was targeted by the U.S. in air raids there.
Theft rocks one of the world’s top tourist attractions as hunt for suspect underway
A once-powerful pharaoh’s priceless bracelet has been stolen from an Egyptian museum, putting officials on high alert.
The disappearance of the bracelet, which once belonged to Pharaoh Usermaatre Amenemope, was announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Sept. 17.
The artifact was stolen from the restoration laboratory of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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The Egyptian Museum, one of the country’s most popular tourist spots, houses the world’s largest collection of Egyptian antiquities.
The institution has over 120,000 artifacts in its collections.
Officials circulated pictures of the bracelet, which is made of gold and strung with beads made of lapis lazuli, a blue stone prized in antiquity.
Amenemope ruled during the Third Intermediate Period, likely between 993 and 984 B.C., making the bracelet more than 3,000 years old.
“A specialized committee was also formed to inventory and review all artifacts present in the restoration laboratory.”
It is unclear when the bracelet was stolen, and officials said that their announcements about the theft in early September were delayed “in order to provide a suitable environment to ensure the progress of investigations.”
“The image of the bracelet has been circulated to all archaeological units at airports, border crossings and seaports across the Republic,” the tourism ministry said in a statement translated from Arabic to English.
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“A specialized committee was also formed to inventory and review all artifacts present in the restoration laboratory.”
The tourism ministry also referred the case to the police and the Public Prosecution, which is Egypt’s national prosecutorial authority.
“The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities affirms that the delay in announcing the incident was intended to provide the appropriate environment to ensure the smooth progress of investigations,” the statement added.
The theft of the bracelet comes as Egypt remains one of the world’s most popular tourist places, attracting several million visitors per year.
The country’s government recently revealed its plans to build a mega resort at Mount Sinai, the place where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments.
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Archaeologists have also uncovered a variety of treasures, including ancient tombs, which officials hope will boost cultural tourism.
Jennifer Aniston left reeling after Reese Witherspoon reveals her real name
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s 25-year friendship has reached a new level.
The longtime Hollywood friends answered personal questions about one another, and what was meant to be a playful game quickly turned into a moment of revelation.
Witherspoon, 49, asked Aniston, 56, a “tricky” question on LADbible’s rapid-fire quiz, “Do You Even Know Me?”
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The “Legally Blonde” star challenged Aniston to guess her “real middle name,” offering up three options: Jane, Jeanne or Joan.
The “Friends” star guessed “Jane,” but she was quickly corrected by Witherspoon, who explained, “It’s Jeanne.”
Things took a turn when Witherspoon dropped a bombshell on Aniston. Her first name isn’t “Reese.”
“That’s confusing. I’m Laura Jeanne,” she said.
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“Laura Jeanne?” Aniston asked, blinking in disbelief.
“That’s my real name, yeah,” Witherspoon confirmed.
As the long-time friends laughed together, Aniston remained stunned.
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“Who’s Laura? What? Who the hell’s Laura? Wait, Laura Jeanne, like, I’m not calling you that from now on,” she exclaimed.
Witherspoon adopted “Reese,” her mother’s maiden name, before launching her career in 1991 in the film “The Man in the Moon.” She also confirmed “Reese” is technically her middle name.
“Oh, like Norma Jeanne?” Aniston asked, referencing Marilyn Monroe’s birth name, Norma Jeane Mortenson.
“Yeah,” Witherspoon replied. “Like Laura Jeanne Reese.”
And the revelations didn’t stop there.
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Witherspoon fired back with, “I don’t know your middle name.”
“Joanna,” Aniston said.
“What?” Witherspoon said as she sat back in her chair in shock. “I was today years old when I learned that.”
“Does anybody call you J.J.?” she asked. Aniston responded, “No.”
“Well, I do now,” Witherspoon joked, as she sealed her new nickname for the “Friends” icon.
The Hollywood stars’ friendship dates back to 2000, when the “Big Little Lies” star landed a guest role on “Friends.”
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At the time, Aniston played the beloved Rachel Green. Witherspoon joined the cast for two episodes as Rachel’s younger sister, Jill Green.
Scientists uncover hidden health risk that could be more dangerous than obesity
A major new study found that carrying a few extra pounds might not be as dangerous as being underweight, especially for those who are “fat but fit.”
Researchers from Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark followed more than 85,000 adults and found that people who were underweight were nearly three times more likely to die during the study period than those at the high end of the normal body mass index (BMI) range.
Even participants within the “healthy” range, but on the lower side, faced a higher risk of early death.
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Meanwhile, those who were overweight or moderately obese did not face higher death rates compared to people with BMIs in the upper-normal range.
The findings challenge long-standing assumptions about BMI — a calculation using weight and height — and health, suggesting it may be possible to be “fat but fit” and that carrying a few extra pounds may not be as harmful as once thought, according to a press release.
The researchers presented their findings at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna last week.
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The greatest risk, however, came at both extremes: severe obesity and being underweight.
“Both underweight and obesity are major global health challenges,” said lead researcher Dr. Sigrid Bjerge Gribsholt, of Aarhus University Hospital.
Obesity can disrupt the body’s metabolism, weaken the immune system and lead to diseases like Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and up to 15 different cancers, while being underweight is tied to malnutrition, weakened immunity and nutrient deficiencies, Gribsholt warned.
According to the researchers, body fat distribution and underlying health conditions play a big role in overall health.
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“Visceral fat — fat that is very metabolically active and stored deep within the abdomen, wrapped around the organs — secretes compounds that adversely affect metabolic health,” said Professor Jens Meldgaard Bruun, another of the study’s researchers.
“As a result, an individual who has a BMI of 35 and is apple-shaped — the excess fat is around their abdomen — may have type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure, while another individual with the same BMI may [be] free of these problems because the excess fat is on their hips, buttocks and thighs,” he added.
The treatment of obesity should be personalized to take these factors and other conditions into account when setting a target weight, Bruun said.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to the study’s authors for comment.
Dr. Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, an epidemiologist at North Dakota State University who was not involved in the research, told Fox News Digital the findings support other recent research but challenge current medical guidelines that assume health risks rise steadily with BMI.
“The higher death rates in people with lower BMI likely occur because hidden illnesses cause the situation to appear backwards,” Bhagavathula told Fox News Digital. “Diseases like cancer or heart failure cause weight loss first, which makes low weight seem more dangerous than it actually is.”
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Obesity, meanwhile, tends to come before serious health problems, according to the World Health Organization.
Bhagavathula added that in older adults, age-related muscle loss increases vulnerability, such as to falls and infections, while mild excess weight may provide a “protective effect” by offering energy reserves during illness. Denmark’s healthy and active lifestyle, including widespread cycling, may also contribute to that effect.
He emphasized that BMI should be considered alongside other measures like waist-to-height ratios, muscle mass, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, sex and ethnicity.
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“Current health messaging often focuses too heavily on weight loss, creating shame and unnecessary medical treatment for people who are overweight but have normal body function,” he continued. “These findings suggest shifting toward a nutrition approach that focuses on how the body processes food, emphasizing physical activity, balanced eating, and blood tests … rather than BMI alone.”
Trump sparks raging debate with $100K fee for H-1B visa holders
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Friday that imposes a $100,000 one-time fee on H-1B visas, changing how foreign workers get hired within the U.S.
“The whole idea is no more will these Big Tech companies or other big companies train foreign workers. They have to pay the government $100,000, then they have to pay the employee, so it’s just not [economical],” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told reporters on Friday as Trump signed the order.
“All of the big companies are on board.”
The $100,000 charge — a one-time fee applying only to new H-1B petitions — will take effect in the next lottery cycle. It does not apply to renewals or current visa holders, and those already on H-1B visas will not be required to pay the amount when re-entering the country, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified in an X post Saturday afternoon.
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“This is NOT an annual fee,” Leavitt said. “H-1B visa holders can leave and reenter the country to the same extent as they normally would; whatever ability they have to do that is not impacted by yesterday’s proclamation.”
In addition to the fee, Trump also rolled out a “gold card,” which will give wealthy individuals a pathway to citizenship.
Individuals looking to get a gold card will be charged $1 million, and businesses will need to pay $2 million, according to Axios. The corporate card will let companies sponsor an employee. There will be no additional fee if the company chooses to switch the sponsorship to a different worker.
There will also be a more premium option known as the “Trump Platinum Card,” which carries a $5 million price tag and will let holders spend up to 270 days in the U.S. without being subject to taxes on non-U.S. income, Axios reported.
H-1B visas have been a major focus of the immigration debate throughout Trump’s second term. While the visas require applicants to have at least a bachelor’s degree, there are some who argue that H-1Bs are often used to hire cheap labor over American workers.
“President Trump promised to put American workers first, and this commonsense action does just that by discouraging companies from spamming the system and driving down wages. It also gives certainty to American businesses who actually want to bring high-skilled workers to our great country but have been trampled on by abuses of the system,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers told FOX Business.
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The White House said in a fact sheet that the share of IT workers with H-1B visas rose from 32% in fiscal 2003 to more than 65% in recent years. Meanwhile, the Trump administration said unemployment among computer science graduates reached 6.1% and 7.5% for computer engineering graduates.
“The H-1B program is creating disincentives for future American workers to choose STEM careers, which threatens our national security,” the White House said.
JPMorgan employees were advised by Ogletree Deakins, a company that handles visa applications for the bank, that H-1B visa holders should avoid international travel “until the government issues clear travel guidance,” according to Reuters.
Amazon reportedly posted internal guidance Friday evening with a similar warning, Business Insider reported.
“If you have H-1B status and are in the U.S.: Stay in the country for now, even if you have travel planned for the immediate future,” the company told employees, according to Business Insider. The guidance also advised H-1B and H-4 holders currently outside the U.S. to return as soon as possible. H-4 visas are for spouses of H-1B holders.
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India’s technology service industry is also expected to feel the impact of the policy shift.
“Skilled talent mobility and exchanges have contributed enormously to technology development, innovation, economic growth, competitiveness and wealth creation in the United States and India,” India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
“Policymakers will therefore assess recent steps taking into account mutual benefits, which include strong people-to-people ties between the two countries.”
Deedy Das, partner at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, warned in a post on X that this “creates disincentive to attract the world’s smartest talent to the U.S.”
“If the U.S. ceases to attract the best talent, it drastically reduces its ability to innovate and grow the economy,” Das added.
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FOX Business reached out to Amazon and Microsoft for comment but did not immediately receive a response. JPMorgan declined to comment.