EXCLUSIVE: ‘Phantom employees’ scandal spurs GOP crackdown on B incentive for companies to bypass Americans

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The discovery of 10,000 “phantom employees” exploiting a federal work program has helped spur Republicans to tackle the financial incentives behind a foreign worker pipeline costing Americans hundreds of thousands of jobs per year.Under current federal law, hundreds of thousands of foreign students and employers participating in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension program are exempt from paying Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, which companies are required to pay for domestic workers. This has led to the creation of a “significant financial incentive” for employers to hire foreign…

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Dem candidate’s Zionist castration rant sparks firestorm as party leaders rewrite narrative to target GOP

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and other Democrats responded to a Democratic congressional candidate’s “antisemitic” rant about jailing and castrating “American Zionists” by attempting to shift the blame to Republicans.After progressive Democrat Maureen Galindo stirred up a…

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Love Is Blind’s Alexa Lemieux Breaks Silence on Reason for Brennon Lemieux Divorce (Exclusive)

Love Is Blind’s Alexa Lemieux is ready to open up about her decision to get a divorce from estranged husband Brennon Lemieux after four years of marriage. “I had asked for it,” Alexa, 31, shared in Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek of the Thursday, May 21, episode of the “He Said, G Said” podcast. “It wasn’t because there was a lack of love on my part. I just couldn’t do it anymore. I was tired.” Brennon, 35, and Alexa got married in June 2021 during Love Is Blind season 3, which aired on Netflix the next year. The pair later…

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