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5 Ways To Build Extraordinary Resilience, According To An Ex-Navy SEAL And Paralympic Champion

Authored by Walker Larson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

When Dan Cnossen opened his eyes, he saw the sterile walls and beeping medical devices of a hospital room. He also saw his mother’s face, just a few feet from him, looking into his own. How could she be here, in Afghanistan? But then Cnossen realized he wasn’t in Afghanistan anymore. He was back in the United States. Then the memories began to flood.
U.S. Navy SEALs emphasize honor, courage, and commitment to the mission. petesphotography/Getty Images

In 2009, during a nighttime operation in Afghanistan, Cnossen stepped on a pressure plate, igniting an IED that cost him both his legs. His comrades-in-arms transported him down the rocky face of a craggy hill, each step they took jarring his body, engulfing him in indescribable pain. The last thing he remembered before waking up in the hospital was being loaded onto a chopper.

Cnossen chose to tackle his recovery with the same determination and grit that had carried him through the notoriously grueling training to become a U.S. Navy SEAL and subsequent deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Cnossen not only recovered from his wounds, but went on to become a Paralympic athlete of the highest order, winning multiple gold medals in skiing. All these experiences have honed Cnossen’s resilience to a diamond-hard edge. Drawing on his past, Cnossen shared five rules for resiliency.
Courtesy of Dan Cnossen

1. Find Your Cohort

Surrounding yourself with likeminded individuals who share your goals is a key to getting through challenges. 

Cnossen’s always been a planner. When he was just a high school freshman, he’d already established a plan to get into the Naval Academy. Once there, he developed an interest in becoming a Navy SEAL. Cnossen knew that to achieve his goal, he needed to improve his swimming. Even basic swimming drills unleashed the butterflies in his stomach. 

But at the Naval Academy, he gravitated toward other students with similar interests and goals, many of whom were excellent swimmers. By building relationships with these friends and learning from them, Cnossen was able to improve his swimming skills and eventually enter BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training). Similarly, during this notoriously difficult training—with an attrition rate of 70-80 percent—Cnossen’s cohort of comrades helped him get through and become a SEAL. The mutual support provided by a strong social network of likeminded individuals forms one of the pillars of resiliency.
U.S. Navy SEAL candidates perform a 50-meter underwater swim in the combat training tank during the first phase of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin K. Kittleson

2. When Things Get Tough, Sharpen and Narrow Your Focus

From being pushed to his mental and physical limit in BUD/S to facing an interminable uphill climb to recovery, including 40 surgeries, after his injury in Afghanistan, Cnossen has returned again and again to a simple principle of interior strength: Break it down.

Mentally tackling the entirety of BUD/S or all the training needed for a…

These Are The Best College Degrees For Finding A Job In The US

Which college degrees are the best for finding a job?

This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, uses recent data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to examine the careers that offer the best prospect and their respective median salaries.

Scarcity Meets Earning Potential

Nutrition Sciences tops the list, with only 0.4% unemployment rate. Graduates can expect a median salary of $75,000 by age 35-45.

Construction Services and Animal & Plant Sciences follow, also with low unemployment rate (0.7% and 1.0%, respectively), but diverge significantly in earnings—$100,000 versus $70,000 per year.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics-related degrees (STEM) tend to yield high returns.

Aerospace Engineering, for example, ranks eighth in unemployment rate but first in compensation within this list at $125K. Similarly, Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering all boast six-figure salaries while having unemployment rates between 1.5–2.2%.

Rank
Field of Study
Unemployment Rate (%)
Median Salary
1
Nutrition Sciences
0.4%
$75K
2
Construction Services
0.7%
$100K
3
Animal & Plant Sciences
1.0%
$70K
4
Civil Engineering
1.0%
$100K
5
Special Education
1.0%
$55K
6
Agriculture
1.2%
$75K
7
Early Education
1.3%
$49K
8
Aerospace Engineering
1.4%
$125K
9
Nursing
1.4%
$84K
10
Earth Sciences
1.5%
$88K
11
Mechanical Engineering
1.5%
$115K
12
Social Services
1.7%
$54K
13
Elementary Education
1.8%
$53K
14
Accounting
1.9%
$88K
15
Engineering Technologies
1.9%
$100K
16
Chemical Engineering
2.0%
$120K
17
Electrical Engineering
2.2%
$120K
18
Health Services
2.2%
$65K
19
Business Analytics
2.4%
$100K
20
General Engineering
2.4%
$100K
21
Miscellaneous Education
2.5%
$60K
22
Environmental Studies
2.6%
$75K
23
Ethnic Studies
2.6%
$83K
Education-related fields like Early Childhood Education (1.3%, $49,000) and Special Education (1.0%, $55,000) show lower median earnings despite low unemployment rate, highlighting the income disparity across academic disciplines.

Fields like Business Analytics and General Engineering have 2.4% unemployment rate, with both yielding strong salaries of $100,000.

Meanwhile, areas such as Ethnic Studies and Environmental Studies offer moderate pay ($83,000 and $75,000, respectively) with 2.6% unemployment rate.

These Are the Worst Degrees for Finding a Job

In a previous graphic, we listed the worst degrees for finding a job. At the top of the list is anthropology, with an unemployment rate of 9.4%, the highest rate analyzed.

Fine arts and sociology follow closely, with unemployment rates of 7.0% and 6.7%, respectively. These degrees tend to offer mid-career salaries around $70,000, placing them on the lower end of the earnings spectrum.

Interestingly, some of the highest-paying degrees also have relatively high unemployment rates.

For instance, computer engineering majors earn a median of $122,000 mid-career, but face a 7.5% unemployment rate. Physics ($100,000) and computer science ($115,000) also show above-average jobless rates, at 7.8% and 6.1%, respectively.

If you enjoyed today’s post, check out the Highest Paying College Majors on Voronoi, the new app from Visual Capitalist.

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Sat, 06/14/2025 – 22:45…

Supreme Court: US Gun Makers Not Liable For Cartel Violence

Authored by James Eustis via RealClearPolitics (emphasis ours),

Commentary

In a unanimous blow to gun control advocacy groups, the Supreme Court shut down Mexico’s $10 billion claim targeting U.S. gun makers in a cross-border lawsuit.

Mexico originally filed the suit in 2021, arguing that U.S. gun companies were responsible for the weapons that fueled cartel violence. Mexico received support in its lawsuit from American gun control advocacy groups such as Everytown and March for our Lives Action Fund.

The Supreme Court ruling, written by Justice Elena Kagan, found that the manufacturer’s alleged failure to exercise “reasonable care” does not meet the standard necessary to be found liable for “aiding and abetting” the sale of illegal firearms in Mexico.

Mexico had asked the court for $10 billion in damages and additional court-imposed injunctive relief in the form of restrictions on manufacturers. According to a lawyer who spoke to RCP, siding with Mexico on the injunctive relief “would have likely severely prohibited the distribution of the manufacturer’s products” within the United States.

A federal district court judge initially ruled that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act protected the gun manufacturers from the suit. In 2024, the First Circuit Court of Appeals revitalized the lawsuit. In response, gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson brought the case to the Supreme Court.

The PLCAA, signed into law in 2005 by President George W. Bush, shields gun manufacturers and dealers from liability when crimes are committed with their products. The law includes exceptions which Mexico’s lawyers sought to invoke.

The original suit by Mexico, which named multiple U.S.-based gun manufacturers as defendants, claimed that Mexicans “have been victimized by a deadly flood of military-style and other particularly lethal guns that flows from the U.S. across the border.” It also argued that U.S. companies were negligent in their sales practices, claiming that the gun companies “are not accidental or unintentional players in this tragedy; they are deliberate and willing participants, reaping profits from the criminal market they knowingly supply.”

In response, lawyers for Smith & Wesson argued in a filing that the lawsuit “faults the defendants for producing common firearms” and for “failing to restrict the purchase of firearms by regular citizens.” They made the case that “aiding and abetting criminal activity must involve something more than making products generally.” Ultimately, the Supreme Court agreed with this reasoning.

In reference to the injunctive relief that Mexico asked the court to grant, lawyers for Smith & Wesson asserted that the lawsuit was “inflicting costly and intrusive discovery at the hands of a foreign sovereign that is trying to bully the industry into adopting a host of gun-control measures that have been repeatedly rejected by American voters.”

According to some estimates, more than 250,000 firearms are smuggled from the United States into Mexico each year. In contrast, Mexico has one gun store and issues fewer than 50 new gun permits each year. The U.S. is the largest firearm exporter in the world, partly due to relaxed gun laws within the country.

The unanimous decision marks the first ruling by the Supreme…

These Are The 50 Richest Countries By GDP Per Capita

GDP per capita is a rough proxy for a country’s average living standards. A higher GDP per capita usually reflects more economic resources available per person, a signal for prosperity.

However, like all statistical measures there are caveats: it doesn’t account for income distribution, quality of life metrics, or how sustainable the economy is.

Nevertheless, it is a standard that can be applied to make useful comparisons, while keeping these caveats in mind.

So, what are the “richest” countries in the world?

Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao ranks the top 50 countries by GDP per capita in 2025 using figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

All values are in current USD, which means: it is not adjusted for currency rates, cost of living metrics, or inflation.

Ranked: The Richest Countries in the World in 2025

Luxembourg is the richest country in the world by GDP per capita, $140,941 in 2025.

The U.S. is the richest country ($89,105) with a population of more than 10 million.

Rank
Country/ Region
ISO Code
GDP Per Capita
1
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
LUX
$140,941
2
🇮🇪 Ireland
IRL
$108,919
3
🇨🇭 Switzerland
CHE
$104,896
4
🇸🇬 Singapore
SGP
$92,932
5
🇮🇸 Iceland
ISL
$90,284
6
🇳🇴 Norway
NOR
$89,694
7
🇺🇸 U.S.
USA
$89,105
8
🇲🇴 Macao SAR
MAC
$76,314
9
🇩🇰 Denmark
DNK
$74,969
10
🇶🇦 Qatar
QAT
$71,653
11
🇳🇱 Netherlands
NLD
$70,480
12
🇦🇺 Australia
AUS
$64,547
13
🇸🇲 San Marino
SMR
$59,603
14
🇦🇹 Austria
AUT
$58,192
15
🇸🇪 Sweden
SWE
$58,100
16
🇧🇪 Belgium
BEL
$57,772
17
🇮🇱 Israel
ISR
$57,760
18
🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR
HKG
$56,031
19
🇩🇪 Germany
DEU
$55,911
20
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
GBR
$54,949
21
🇫🇮 Finland
FIN
$54,163
22
🇨🇦 Canada
CAN
$53,558
23
🇦🇪 UAE
ARE
$49,498
24
🇫🇷 France
FRA
$46,792
25
🇳🇿 New Zealand
NZL
$46,126
26
🇲🇹 Malta
MLT
$45,735
27
🇦🇩 Andorra
AND
$45,263
28
🇨🇾 Cyprus
CYP
$41,132
29
🇮🇹 Italy
ITA
$41,091
30
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
PRI
$38,605
31
🇦🇼 Aruba
ABW
$37,775
32
🇧🇸 Bahamas
BHS
$36,784
33
🇪🇸 Spain
ESP
$36,192
34
🇸🇮 Slovenia
SVN
$35,332
35
🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
BRN
$34,970
36
🇰🇷 South Korea
KOR
$34,642
37
🇹🇼 Taiwan
TWN
$34,426
38
🇯🇵 Japan
JPN
$33,956
39
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
CZE
$33,039
40
🇪🇪 Estonia
EST
$32,760
41
🇬🇾 Guyana
GUY
$32,326
42
🇱🇹 Lithuania
LTU
$30,835
43
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
SAU
$30,099
44
🇵🇹 Portugal
PRT
$30,002
45
🇰🇼 Kuwait
KWT
$29,951
46
🇧🇭 Bahrain
BHR
$28,857
47
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
SVK
$27,130
48
🇵🇱 Poland
POL
$26,805
49
🇧🇧 Barbados
BRB
$25,901
50
🇬🇷 Greece
GRC
$25,756
51
🇭🇷 Croatia
HRV
$25,674
52
🇭🇺 Hungary
HUN
$24,809
53
🇱🇻 Latvia
LVA
$24,374
54
🇺🇾 Uruguay
URY
$22,693
55
🇦🇬 Antigua
& Barbuda
ATG
$22,630
56
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts
& Nevis
KNA
$21,911
57
🇸🇨 Seychelles
SYC
$21,633
58
🇷🇴 Romania
ROU
$21,421
59
🇵🇦 Panama
PAN
$20,080
60
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
CRI
$19,095
61
🇵🇼 Palau
PLW
$18,993
62
🇴🇲 Oman
OMN
$18,966
63
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
BGR
$18,522
64
🇹🇹 Trinidad
& Tobago
TTO
$18,445
65
🇲🇻 Maldives
MDV
$18,207
66
🇨🇱 Chile
CHL
$17,015
67
🇹🇷 Türkiye
TUR
$16,709
68
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
KAZ
$14,768
69
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
LCA
$14,499
70
🇦🇷 Argentina
ARG
$14,362
71
🇷🇺 Russia
RUS
$14,258
72
🇷🇸 Serbia
SRB
$14,174
73
🇨🇳 China
CHN
$13,687
74
🇲🇪 Montenegro
MNE
$13,508
75
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
TKM
$13,337
76
🇲🇾 Malaysia
MYS
$13,145
77
🇳🇷 Nauru
NRU
$12,727
78
🇲🇽 Mexico
MEX
$12,692
79
🇬🇩 Grenada
GRD
$12,591
80
🇲🇺 Mauritius
MUS
$12,332
81
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
DOM
$11,743
82
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent
& the Grenadines
VCT
$11,162
83
🇦🇱 Albania
ALB
$10,527
84
🇧🇷 Brazil
BRA
$9,964
85
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
MKD
$9,882
86
🇩🇲 Dominica
DMA
$9,869
87
🇬🇪 Georgia
GEO
$9,571
88
🇦🇲 Armenia
ARM
$8,857
89
🇬🇦 Gabon
GAB
$8,842
90
🇵🇪 Peru
PER
$8,814
91
🇧🇿 Belize
BLZ
$8,648
92
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
BIH
$8,362
93
🇲🇩 Moldova
MDA
$8,260
94
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
MHL
$8,133
95
🇨🇴 Colombia
COL
$8,054
96
🇧🇾 Belarus
BLR
$7,875
97
🇯🇲 Jamaica
JAM
$7,778
98
🇹🇭 Thailand
THA
$7,767
99
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
GNQ
$7,750
100
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
AZE
$7,604
101
🇲🇳 Mongolia
MNG
$7,201
102
🇽🇰 Kosovo
XKX
$7,147
103
🇧🇼 Botswana
BWA
$7,021
104
🇪🇨 Ecuador
ECU
$6,942
105
🇸🇷 Suriname
SUR
$6,858
106
🇱🇾 Libya
LBY
$6,801
107
🇫🇯 Fiji
FJI
$6,740
108
🇬🇹 Guatemala
GTM
$6,698
109
🇹🇻 Tuvalu
TUV
$6,543
110
🇵🇾 Paraguay
PRY
$6,522
111
🇿🇦 South Africa
ZAF
$6,397
112
🇺🇦 Ukraine
UKR
$6,261
113
🇸🇻 El Salvador
SLV
$5,722
114
🇹🇴 Tonga
TON
$5,721
115
🇩🇿 Algeria
DZA
$5,691
116
🇮🇶 Iraq
IRQ
$5,668
117
🇼🇸 Samoa
WSM
$5,471
118
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde
CPV
$5,421
119
🇫🇲 Micronesia
FSM
$5,291
120
🇮🇩 Indonesia
IDN
$5,027
121
🇯🇴 Jordan
JOR
$4,903
122
🇻🇳 Vietnam
VNM
$4,806
123
🇳🇦 Namibia
NAM
$4,661
124
🇸🇿 Eswatini
SWZ
$4,613
125
🇹🇳 Tunisia
TUN
$4,528
126
🇧🇴 Bolivia
BOL
$4,525
127
🇲🇦 Morocco
MAR
$4,397
128
🇵🇭 Philippines
PHL
$4,350
129
🇩🇯 Djibouti
DJI
$4,343
130
🇧🇹 Bhutan
BTN
$4,302
131
🇻🇪 Venezuela
VEN
$4,068
132
🇮🇷 Iran
IRN
$3,897
133
🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe
STP
$3,569
134
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
VUT
$3,548
135
🇭🇳 Honduras
HND
$3,519
136
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
UZB
$3,514
137
🇪🇬 Egypt
EGY
$3,174
138
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
NIC
$3,019
139
🇦🇴 Angola
AGO
$2,884
140
🇮🇳 India
IND
$2,878
141
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire
CIV
$2,872
142
🇰🇭 Cambodia
KHM
$2,870
143
🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic
KGZ
$2,747
144
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
BGD
$2,689
145
🇭🇹 Haiti
HTI
$2,672
146
🇵🇬 Papua New
Guinea
PNG
$2,565
147
🇬🇭 Ghana
GHA
$2,519
148
🇲🇷 Mauritania
MRT
$2,478
149
🇰🇪 Kenya
KEN
$2,468
150
🇰🇮 Kiribati
KIR
$2,414
151
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
SLB
$2,379
152
🇨🇬 Congo
COG
$2,356
153
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
ZWE
$2,199
154
🇱🇦 Laos
LAO
$2,096
155
🇬🇳 Guinea
GIN
$1,904
156
🇨🇲 Cameroon
CMR
$1,865
157
🇸🇳 Senegal
SEN
$1,811
158
🇰🇲 Comoros
COM
$1,702
159
🇧🇯 Benin
BEN
$1,532
160
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
TLS
$1,491
161
🇳🇵 Nepal
NPL
$1,458
162
🇹🇯 Tajikistan
TJK
$1,432
163
🇺🇬 Uganda
UGA
$1,338
164
🇿🇲 Zambia
ZMB
$1,332
165
🇹🇿 Tanzania
TZA
$1,280
166
🇲🇲 Myanmar
MMR
$1,177
167
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
GNB
$1,126
168
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
BFA
$1,107
169
🇱🇸 Lesotho
LSO
$1,098
170
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
ETH
$1,066
171
🇹🇬 Togo
TGO
$1,053
172
🇷🇼 Rwanda
RWA
$1,043
173
🇹🇩 Chad
TCD
$991
174
🇬🇲 Gambia
GMB
$988
175
🇲🇱 Mali
MLI
$936
176
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
SLE
$916
177
🇱🇷 Liberia
LBR
$908
178
🇳🇬 Nigeria
NGA
$807
179
🇸🇴 Somalia
SOM
$766
180
🇳🇪 Niger
NER
$751
181
🇨🇩 DRC
COD
$743
182
🇲🇿 Mozambique
MOZ
$663
183
🇸🇩 Sudan
SDN
$625
184
🇲🇬 Madagascar
MDG
$595
185
🇲🇼 Malawi
MWI
$580
186
🇨🇫 Central
African Republic
CAF
$532
187
🇧🇮 Burundi
BDI
$490
188
🇾🇪 Yemen
YEM
$417
189
🇸🇸 South Sudan
SSD
$251
N/A
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
AFG
No Data
N/A
🇪🇷 Eritrea
ERI
No Data
N/A
🇱🇧 Lebanon
LBN
No Data
N/A
🇵🇰 Pakistan
PAK
No Data
N/A
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
LKA
No Data
N/A
🇸🇾 Syria
SYR
No Data
N/A
🇵🇸 Palestine
PSE
No Data
N/A
🌍 World
N/A
$14,213
Note: Data is missing for: Afghanistan, Eritrea, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Palestine. Figures for several overseas territories are also not included.

Noticeably, many of the top spots are held by small countries with specialized financial services sectors, also known offshore financial centers.

Luxembourg (#1), Ireland (#2), Switzerland (#3), Singapore (#4), Netherlands (#11) and Hong Kong (#18) are all considered tax havens as their friendly tax laws, strict privacy rules, and strong financial sectors encourage multinational corporations to route earnings through them.

As a result, this improves their GDP a significant amount, but doesn’t reflect the resident populations…

Netanyahu Survives Coalition Collapse, Strikes Deal With Ultra-Orthodox Partners

Via The Cradle,

Israel’s parliament narrowly rejected a preliminary bill to dissolve itself early on 12 June, avoiding the possibility of snap elections and preserving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fragile governing coalition. The motion, backed by opposition lawmakers, was defeated by a vote of 61 to 53 – just meeting the 61-seat threshold needed for passage in the 120-member Knesset.

The failed vote followed a last-minute deal between coalition leaders and ultra-Orthodox parties regarding one of Israel’s most divisive issues, which is mandatory military service for the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredim. 

While military service is compulsory for most Jewish Israelis, the ultra-Orthodox community – roughly 13 percent of the population – has long been granted exemptions if men are enrolled in full-time religious study.

Ultra-orthodox parties have been pressuring the Netanyahu government to codify the exemptions by passing a new law.

In a key development, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein announced that his committee and ultra-Orthodox parties had reached a preliminary understanding to draft new legislation addressing the conscription issue. This agreement persuaded most ultra-Orthodox lawmakers to vote against dissolving the Knesset.

However, the arrangement sparked backlash from both opposition leaders and within the coalition itself. 

Yair Golan, leader of the opposition Democrats party, condemned the agreement, saying, “Netanyahu entered a room with the heads of the Haredi factions and left with a disgraceful agreement … There is no love for the country here. Only cynicism. Only selfish survival.” Golan accused Netanyahu of betraying both military service members and ultra-Orthodox citizens who wished to contribute to the state.

Netanyahu narrowly averts government collapse over ultra-Orthodox conscription dispute
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A motion to dissolve Israel’s parliament because of friction over the conscription of Haredi men failed to pass on 11 June. The opposition reached a compromise, and only 53 voted in favor of… pic.twitter.com/NxrhoDnWgr
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Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, head of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party, resigned from Netanyahu’s cabinet in protest over the compromise deal. Goldknopf, whose Hasidic Agudat Yisrael faction supported the Knesset’s dissolution, said the new understandings fell short of promises made in coalition agreements. “I can no longer take part as a member of this government,” he wrote in his resignation letter to Netanyahu.

Goldknopf’s resignation follows a previous symbolic resignation in March over the same issue. Despite his departure, UTJ remains part of the ruling coalition, which has been under pressure due to widespread discontent over the military burden placed on young Israelis tasked with executing the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. With the war now lasting more than 18 months, the Israeli army is facing growing manpower shortages, intensifying the debate over draft exemptions.

Roughly 13,000 ultra-Orthodox men reach conscription age each year, but fewer than 10 percent enlist, according to the State Control Committee.

Tyler Durden
Fri, 06/13/2025 – 22:15…

Protected Status Terminated For 1 Million Migrants In US

Around 1 million migrants in the U.S. on temporary protections are seeing their status terminated by the Trump administration.

In April, around 350,000 Venezuelans lost their Temporary Protected Status in the country and were told to self-deport.

As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports, yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security notified almost 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela in the U.S. on the so-called CHNV program that their status had ended.

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While the Supreme Court allowed the government to proceed as if the Temporary Protected Status of the Venezuelans in question and the CHNV program had ended, the programs are officially considered on hold as lower courts continue to litigate legal challenges to their discontinuation.

Earlier in the year, the U.S. government had already announced that is was cutting short or not extending some other Temporary Protected Status programs. This affects Haitians, Afghanis, Nepalese and Cameroonians. A total of around 220,000 people, mostly from Haiti, are set to lose their legal status in the U.S. this way in July and August.

Even more Temporary Protected Status programs are also suspected to not be extended. Protections for almost 250,000 additional Venezuelans would have to be extended before September, while more than 50,000 Hondurans are currently seeing their status expire in early July. Other programs include those for El Salvadorians (whose extention wasn’t stopped by the Trump administration), Syrians, Ukrainians and Nicaraguans.

Tyler Durden
Fri, 06/13/2025 – 17:40…