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US private employers laid off a record 20.236 million workers in April as mandatory business closures in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak savaged the economy, setting up the overall labor market for historic job losses last month. The plunge in private payrolls shown in the ADP National Employment Report on Wednesday suggested that national …

Acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell has notified House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) that 53 interviews conducted by the committee as part of the Russia investigation are ready for release. “All of the transcripts, with our required redactions, can be released to the public without any concerns of disclosing classified material,” …

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against the New York Board of Elections’ decision to cancel the state’s Democratic primary election and ordered the state to hold the election next month as planned. The preliminary injunction from Manhattan Federal Court Judge Analisa Torres requires New York to reinstate Democratic candidates on the ballot who were “duly …

Senate Republicans expressed skepticism of President Trump’s proposal of a payroll tax cut for the next coronavirus relief bill, citing litigation protection as a much higher priority. “Right now, not much,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) told Politico when asked what he thought of the president’s proposal. “I’m going to give it …

Zoom Video Communications on Wednesday named former White House National Security Adviser HR McMaster to its board and hired the policy chief of one of the tech world’s big lobby groups to drive governmental relations as it poured more money into improving its image on security. Jonathan Kallmer, who takes over as head of Global …

For the past seven decades, the show has always gone on for the Tony Awards, which honor the best Broadway performances and productions. But with the 74th edition being postponed from its planned June 7 date due to the coronavirus, there’s a real chance that the ceremony will be scrapped altogether this year, multiple sources …

Erika “Jayne” Girardi finally shared a photo of her police officer son, Tommy Zizzo, this week after protecting his privacy for years because of his line of work. “People say we look alike,” the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star captioned a picture of 25-year-old Zizzo in uniform on Instagram. She removed the option for …

The sibling design duo behind the New York-based luxury cashmere sweater line Leret Leret are doing their part to help those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic — and they’re enlisting the aid of some of their high-profile fans to spread the word. Edouard and Andrea Leret have partnered with God’s Love We Deliver to …

Twitter wants you to think twice before sending that profanity-laced tweet. The social network this week began testing a feature that prompts users who have written a tweet using “offensive or hurtful language” to reconsider before hitting the ‘send’ button. The experimental feature informs users who try to send a potentially vulgar tweet that their …

Elon Musk is setting the record straight on newborn son X Æ A-12’s name. After his girlfriend, the singer Grimes, offered a detailed explanation Tuesday about the meaning behind their baby’s name, Musk corrected one point of her message. She told her Twitter followers: •X, the unknown variable ⚔️ •Æ, my elven spelling of Ai …