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A military aircraft waits for migrants to board from a bus at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Tx., on Jan. 30, 2025, before deporting them to Guatemala. Christian Chavez/AP hide caption toggle caption Christian Chavez/AP A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his fears of being harmed there. The man, who is gay, was protected from being returned to his home country under a U.S. immigration judge’s order at the time. But the U.S. put him on a bus and sent him to…

McDonald’s announced on Friday that it is closing its CosMc’s spin-off line of Starbucks-style drink shops.McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said in the company’s last earnings call that drinks from CosMc’s would be introduced to “hundreds of McDonald’s restaurants” in the future.”In connection with this next phase of testing, we will begin closing all stand-alone CosMc’s pilot locations in late June, and the CosMc’s app will be discontinued,” a McDonald’s spokesperson told Business Insider.When it opened in 2023, CosMc’s drew comparisons to Starbucks. Its menu included coffees, teas, lemonades, slushes, breakfast sandwiches, and small donut-like pastries called “McPops.”In a December 2023 meeting…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with James Crosby, a 26-year-old Deloitte consultant from Arlington, Virginia. It’s been edited for length and clarity.Online sports betting is legal in some states. Before participating, verify the legality in your specific state.My first month doing arbitrage betting, I made a little over $2,000. The second month, I made about $2,500. This month, I’m on track to bring in more than $4,000 in pure profit.The process is pretty straightforward: I’ve opened accounts on about 12 different sportsbook platforms, like FanDuel and DraftKings, and I pay to subscribe to a service call OddsJam,…

Customers say they feel like they are being asked to leave a tip at more places, and some are fighting back.About 33% of people surveyed by Morning Consult said that they’re expected to tip more, either more often or a greater amount, than they were five years ago.They’re not imagining it. From self-checkout kiosks to paying for service on your car at a mechanic’s shop, customers are seeing businesses ask for tips in situations where gratuity wasn’t previously expected.Consumers are feeling pressure to tip more from that phenomenon, which a report on the survey from Morning Consult calls “tip creep.””The…

Jim Caron said the investor concern implied by rising bond yields is overdone.Yields on US Treasurys spiked this past week in response to President Donald Trump’s tax bill.The Morgan Stanley strategist said the fiscal deficit has long been a well-known issue.The recent surge in US bond yields is overblown, said a chief investment officer at Morgan Stanley.He’s referring to yields on 10- and 30-year US Treasurys, which rose as high as 4.6% and 5.2%, respectively, this past week. The increases came after the decision by Moody’s to downgrade its rating on US debt on May 16, and accelerated in the…

Lane Creatore realized she was sitting on an untapped gold mine: her closet.Her closet was full of viral pieces, many of them hardly worn and taking up space in her tiny New York City apartment. Instead of letting those clothes collect dust, Creatore turned to renting them out online.The 31-year-old fashion blogger is one of the thousands of women who rent their clothes on the app Pickle to the city’s fashionably desperate — maybe they need a dress for a wedding, or are just itching to wear an item but don’t want to pay the full price. In good months,…

It’s an experience that almost anyone shopping at TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Sierra, or Home Goods eventually has: you’re browsing items, see a price tag, and think, “that can’t be right.”Before you know it, you’re a full-blown Maxxinista.As it happens, TJX CEO Ernie Herrman said the company wants you to feel a little suspicious when you encounter a sharp deal.”We want a customer to actually say, ‘That almost feels too cheap,'” he said in a quarterly earnings call Wednesday. “One out of every 10 hangers I want a customer saying, ‘Boy, that that almost feels too inexpensive,’ strangely enough.”The playbook has…

Mahmoud Khalil has asked an immigration judge to grant him asylum, saying he feared being targeted by Israel if he’s deported to Syria or Algeria. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images JENA, La. — The immigration judge was looking out over her courtroom. Mahmoud Khalil was sitting at a table next to his lawyers as they tried to convince her not to order him deported to the Middle East. “His life is at stake, your honor,” one of them, Marc Van Der Hout, told the judge. Khalil was focused and stern. But he kept getting distracted.…

Belt-tightening is underway at TikTok.After spending big over the last two years to get its e-commerce business off the ground, TikTok is taking new steps to squeeze out a return.Since February, TikTok Shop has pushed out staffers based on performance, added stricter return-to-office rules, and had two rounds of layoffs, all while tacking on new measures to keep costs at bay, seven staffers told Business Insider. TikTok has also introduced cost-cutting measures to the broader company, including new budget caps for travel.On Wednesday, the company began its latest layoffs, targeting e-commerce operations staff and some employees who work with global…

Sitting at her sewing machine, Bernita Clark, 82, guides a piece of blue fabric as the needle bobs up and down. To her side sit scissors, measuring tape, thread, and a skull.It’s for a costume she’s designing for a 12-foot-tall skeleton. The labor is painstaking, attaching the fabric such that the soon-to-be well-clad lawn fixture becomes the talk of the town.But, she said, the work has been one of the most fulfilling parts of retirement. Are you an older American comfortable sharing your retirement outlook with a reporter? Please fill out this quick form. We are especially looking to hear from…