Minneapolis’ icy ICE rally sees 100 clergy arrested as thousands protest ‘federal occupation’
Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman Jeff Lea said the clergy were issued misdemeanor citations of trespassing and failure to comply with a peace officer and were then released. They were arrested…
Target faces new backlash amid Minnesota ICE raids after boycotts over its DEI rollback. But don’t blame politics for falling profits, analyst says
On Jan. 8, immigration officials detained two Target employees, who are U.S. citizens, during their shift in Richfield, Minnesota. Videos of the arrest quickly spread on social media. But Target eliminated…
Minnesota activist released after she catches White House manipulating images of her arrest
A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church released her own video of her arrest Friday after the White House posted…
Making billionaires illegal by taxing their wealth wouldn’t even fund the government for a year, budget expert says
According to Smetters, the primary issue with wealth taxes is that they rarely meet revenue expectations. “When you think about the wealth tax itself,” he told Fortune, “it’s not really…
Cursor used a swarm of AI agents powered by OpenAI to build and run a web browser for a week—with no human help. Here’s why developers are buzzing
Why the buzz? Two big reasons: For one thing, AI’s attention span has historically been short. In the early days of ChatGPT, models could stay on task for only a…
CEOs at Davos were split on how bad the AI job wipeout will be
Despite differences, a common theme remained: The time frame for global AI transformation is fast approaching. With the arrival of AI, quantum computing, autonomous vehicles, and the advancement of humanoid…
How the middle class was hollowed out from 1979 to 2022, according to new federal data
According to the data, which spans from 1979 through 2022, the distribution of national income has skewed heavily toward the very top. The report reveals the top 1% of households…
Walmart CEO started his career unloading trailers at the warehouse. He says he got promotion after promotion by raising his hand when his boss was out
In the 30 years between starting out and taking the reins in 2014, the outgoing chief went from promotion to promotion, holding a store assistant role in Tulsa before getting…
Protect your agentic AI before you wreck your agentic AI
Artificial intelligence? It’s no mere tool, but a capability. And just like a superhero discovering their powers for the first time, you can’t expect an employee or organization to master…
As Winter Storm Fern barrels in, all eyes are on the Weather Channel. Its CEO is charting the company’s next big forecast: growth
“It’s showtime,” Rohit Agarwal, the CEO of the channel’s parent, the Weather Company, tells Fortune in a Friday morning interview. “These moments bring a lot of things to a head.…
