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Venture capital is an increasingly national industry, with investments fueling innovation and job creation in all 50 states. From coast to coast, VC-backed companies are reshaping how we live, work, and connect – think SpaceX revolutionizing space travel, Airbnb transforming hospitality, Waymo advancing autonomous vehicles, Cava reimagining fast-casual dining, and Instacart changing how millions shop for groceries. But to unlock the full potential of the American entrepreneurial economy, we need more VCs partnering with founders in every corner of the country – not just with funding, but with mentorship, advice and long-term support. In 2024 alone, more than 3,600 venture funds operated…
CNN — For hundreds of thousands of people every year who dream of studying or researching in the United States, a student visa is the golden ticket. Now, for hundreds of people already at US colleges and universities, it is turning into a one-way ticket back to their home countries as President Donald Trump’s administration continues an aggressive effort to revoke visas and push academics out of the country – whether voluntarily or in handcuffs. Visa programs in the US are complicated, with many requirements and conditions, and the State Department says it has broad powers to terminate them. Coming…
CNN — For Billy Moges, the fight with a Washington, DC-area school district over the reading of LGBTQ+ books in elementary school is a matter of faith. “We have no hate for anyone,” said Moges, one of the Christian parents who sued Maryland’s largest school district over the policy in a case that will be heard at the Supreme Court. “We’re saying that we, as parents, do not want our children to be exposed to these ideas at this age because they’re not ready for it.” But for the Montgomery County Public Schools and civil rights groups, giving way to…
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. The multinational logistics company DHL Express said it would suspend global shipments worth more than $800 to American consumers, including from Hong Kong, due to U.S. customs regulatory changes. DHL, which is headquartered in Germany, said the suspension of shipments would begin on Monday. The company said the move is a temporary measure.The company said the decision was made in response to new U.S. customs rules requiring formal entry processing on all shipments worth more than $800. The minimum was $2,500 before a change was announced on April 5. DHL said business-to-business shipments would…
CNN — The Israeli military says “professional failures” led to the killing of 15 paramedics and first responders in an incident in Gaza in March, according to an investigation released Sunday. The group – most of whom worked for the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) – were shot dead before being buried in a mass grave, sparking international condemnation. The Israeli probe identified several failures during the incident, as well as breaches of orders and a failure to fully report the incident, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. The IDF said the troops did not engage in…
CNN — Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who recently met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, slammed the Trump administration for its handling of the Maryland man’s mistaken deportation, telling CNN it poses a threat to “the constitutional rights of everybody in America.” Van Hollen, in an interview which aired Sunday on CNN, argued Abrego Garcia’s due process rights are being ignored as he remains in El Salvador after being mistakenly deported. “If we deny the constitutional rights of this one man, it threatens the constitutional rights of everybody in America,” the Maryland Democrat told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”…
CNN — A Boeing jet intended for use by a Chinese airline landed back at the planemaker’s U.S. production hub on Saturday, a victim of the tit-for-tat bilateral tariffs launched by President Donald Trump in his global trade offensive. The 737 MAX, which was meant for China’s Xiamen Airlines, landed at Seattle’s Boeing Field at 6:11 p.m., according to a Reuters witness. It was painted with Xiamen livery. The jet, which made refueling stops in Guam and Hawaii on its 5,000-mile (8,000-km) return journey, was one of several 737 MAX jets waiting at Boeing’s Zhoushan completion center for final work…
CNN — The Trump administration this week escalated its efforts to portray the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador as a gang member with a violent history who they say is “never coming back” to the United States. A renewed push to cast Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a violent member of MS-13 comes amid growing public outcry against his deportation, criticisms about the lack of due process afforded to him, and the US government’s resistance to facilitating his court-mandated return to the country – which could risk a constitutional crisis. Abrego Garcia’s family and lawyers have denied he’s a…
CNN — Harvard University has been in an escalating battle with the Trump administration heightened last week by a letter it received from the administration that outlined a slew of demands tied to federal funding – like reforming its curriculum and admissions programs, discontinuing DEI practices and additional policy demands. But the letter should not have been sent and was “unauthorized,” The New York Times reported, citing two unnamed people familiar with the matter. Harvard, which has emerged as a symbol of the Trump resistance, strongly rejected the demands in the April 11 letter, with President Alan M. Garber saying…
The Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a 2019 attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at an El Paso Walmart is set to plead guilty to murder charges, finally allowing the case to come to a close.Patrick Crusius, 26, is expected to plead guilty on Monday to capital murder and receive a sentence of life in prison with no possibility of parole for the racist mass shooting near the U.S.-Mexico border on Aug. 3, 2019. El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya, a Democrat, said last month he was offering Crusius a plea deal to avoid the death penalty on the…