Skip to content
×
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Speed Reads
  • 5 THINGS TO KNOW
  • Popular
  • Authors
  • Magazine
  • World
  • U.S.
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Arts
  • Books
  • Life
  • Parenting
  • Photos
  • Video
  • Cartoons
  • Puzzles
  • Newsletters
  • Authors
×
Get clarity on what happened & what comes next.
  • Subscribe & save
  • Give a gift
  • Digital subscription
Subscribe
<   Previous
Next  >


Noted

President Trump claims he hires temporary foreign workers at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida because Americans don’t want the jobs. But government records show that at least 58 U.S. workers applied for such jobs at Mar-a-Lago from 2014 to 2018—and only one was hired. The resort relies on temporary foreign workers brought into the country under the H-2B visa program.
BuzzFeedNews.com

Hispanic-Americans’ voter participation rates surged by 50 percent in the 2018 midterm elections over the previous midterms in 2014. In 2018, 40 percent of Hispanics turned out, helping fuel Democratic victories.
NBCNews.com

The U.S. Navy is drafting new, formal guidelines for its pilots to report unidentified flying objects. The move comes in response to a number of such sightings by pilots, including one in 2004 (pictured above) in which Navy jets were outmaneuvered by extremely fast UFOs.
Politico.com

The majority of the U.S. population under 18 years old will be nonwhite by next year. Before 2030, the majority of Americans under 30 will be nonwhite.
Axios.com

Public relations specialists outnumbered journalists by more than 6 to 1 last year. Employment for PR people is expected to grow to 282,600 in 2026, while the number of journalism jobs is expected to shrink to 45,900 over the same period.
Bloomberg.com

Poll watch

30% of self-described conservatives and 15% of Republicans say they will not vote for President Trump in 2020. 58% of rural Americans and 54% of whites say they are open to supporting the president for re-election. But overall, 55% of voters say they will definitely not cast ballots for Trump.
ABC News/The Washington Post ■

May 3, 2019 THE WEEK
The Week logo
  • More about The Week
  • Subscribe
  • Subscriber login
  • Give a gift
  • Classroom subscriptions
  • Newsletters
  • RSS
  • Do not sell my information
  • Subscribe
  • Subscriber login
  • Give a gift
  • Classroom subscriptions
  • Newsletters
  • RSS
  • Do not sell my information
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms & conditions
  • The Week UK
  • Customer service
  • Contact us
  • Accessibility
  • Ad info
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms & conditions
  • The Week UK
  • Customer service
  • Contact us
  • Accessibility
  • Ad info
Privacy Preferences
® 2021 The Week Publications Inc., All rights reserved.