🗞️30,000 jobs to be cut at Amazon

...also Trump travels to Japan and Lululemon partners with the NFL

October 27, 2025

October 27th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

Amazon to announce largest layoffs in company history, source says

The layoffs will amount to the largest cuts to Amazon's corporate workforce in the company's history, according to a person familiar with the matter.

www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/10/27/amazon-to-announce-sweeping-corporate-job-cuts-starting-tuesday.html

  • Reports today stated that Amazon is set to lay off as many as 30,000 corporate employees on Tuesday, which accounts for nearly 10% of its approximately 350,000 corporate workforce…these layoffs come as part of ongoing cost-cutting efforts led by CEO Andy Jassy amid overstaffing from pandemic hiring, with cuts expected across multiple business sectors including cloud services, retail operations, and communications

  • SNAP (food stamp program) funding is set to expire by November 1st due to the ongoing government shutdown, putting food assistance for roughly 40 million Americans at immediate risk unless Congress acts to restore funding

  • Minnesota man, Tyler Maxon Avalos, was arrested for allegedly posting a TikTok video offering $45,000 to kill U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi

  • President Trump arrived in Japan today for the second stop of his Asia tour, where he met with Emperor Naruhito and is scheduled to meet Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi…the visit focuses on strengthening trade relations and securing investment commitments

  • Indiana Governor, Mike Braun, has called a special legislative session which is set to begin November 3rd, to redraw the state's congressional districts, the move aims to eliminate two Democratic-held seats and secure Republican control ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, but faces resistance within the Republican-controlled Senate and is expected to prompt legal challenges from opponents

  • California Governor, Gavin Newsom, said in a televised interview on Sunday that he is considering a run for U.S. president in 2028, making clear he would "be lying" to claim otherwise

  • Lululemon has partnered with the NFL and Fanatics to launch a collection of officially licensed apparel and accessories featuring the logos of all 32 NFL teams, marking its first entry into NFL-branded merchandise

  • OpenAI's ChatGPT said that .15% of users are engaging in conversations showing signs of potential suicidal planning or intent, ChatGPT has over 800 million weekly active users as of October so that means more than a million people per week are expressing such thoughts during interactions with ChatGPT

  • DOW up .71% / S&P up 1.23%

  • The S&P 500 hit a new record high today

  • President Javier Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, won Argentina’s midterm elections, securing about 41% of the national vote and dramatically expanding its seats in Congress

Plus: A look at U.S. airlines ranked from best to worst for on-time arrivals

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