Two immigrant rights groups on Monday filed legal paperwork asking to defend in court a Biden administration program for undocumented people married to U.S. citizens.
Why it matters: The groups,Justice Action Center and Make the Road New York, say they represent families that would be deeply impacted if a lawsuit against the program by Texas and 15 other Republican states succeeds.
IBM is the latest American company to downsize its presence in China amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Why it matters: China'sefforts to decrease its dependence on the West have ratcheted up local market competition — and U.S. tech giants including Microsoft are looking elsewhere to house their operations.
French authorities arrested Pavel Durov, the CEO of encrypted messaging app Telegram, on Saturday night, the prosecutor's office in Paris confirmed Monday.
Why it matters: The arrest appears tied to Telegram's looser content moderation policies, and the company's reported unwillingness to cooperate with law enforcement.
Israel said it hit dozens of targets in Lebanon on Sunday morning local time in a preemptive strike ahead of what Israeli and U.S. intelligence said was expected to be a major missile and drone attack on Israel by Hezbollah.
Why it matters: Both Israel and Hezbollah tried to present their strikes on Sunday as a major success.
