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Joe Biden’s stuttering performance was the talk of the first presidential debate as he faced off against Donald Trump—without a live audience—at CNN studios on June 27. The President was helped off the stage by his wife Jill after clashing with his Republican rival on topics including immigration, abortion rights and the Russia-Ukraine war. Biden’s physical state and raspy voice drew scrutiny from both sides of the aisle, with one CNN panelist later claiming there was “very aggressive panic” among Democrats. Some in the party also cast doubt on whether Biden should be their candidate in November. While Trump appeared to be more alert throughout the night, he made several inaccurate claims, including that the Biden administration supports abortions “after birth.”…

COMPANIES THAT CREATE A GREAT WORKPLACE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ENGAGED workers who care about their jobs. But in April, Gallup reported that U.S. worker engagement hit an 11-year low, falling to 30 percent of full- and part-time employees feeling “highly involved and enthusiastic about their work and workplaces.” This was down 3 percentage points from the number of workers who felt the same way in just the last quarter of 2023. Gallup added that the drop was most noticeable among remote, hybrid and younger workers. To spotlight the companies whose employees find it easy to stay engaged, Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group are releasing the second-annual ranking of America’s Greatest Workplaces. The companies featured here show that, even in the face of waning enthusiasm among much of the…

PeriscopeNEWS, OPINION + ANALYSIS ECONOMY STEPHANIE AND PAUL LITTLETON AREN’T LIVING the life they had imagined for themselves. Ten years ago, they moved from their native California to Texas chasing better work opportunities—and they found them. Paul, 49, works as an estimator and project manager for a construction company; Stephanie, 48, works in trust administration. They’re now making more money than ever but, after years of high inflation, they find themselves living paycheck to paycheck, while helping their kids to pay off debt and save enough money to step on the coveted property ladder. As they both approach the age of 50, the Littletons say they are now in the same financial situation as when they got married in their 20s. “It feels terrible,” Stephanie told Newsweek. “The only difference…

Culture HIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN TELEVISION SQUID GAME STAR LEE JUNG-JAE FOUND HIM-self tongue-tied—and tongue-tired—in the lead role for the new Disney+ series Star Wars: The Acolyte. Speaking to Newsweek in June from Seoul, the capital of his native South Korea, the veteran actor spoke about the challenges of acting in English for the first time as Jedi Master Sol in his first Hollywood project, which even left him unable to eat at one point. “Practicing the English lines all day all the time, my tongue kept touching the inner part of my teeth and became worn down, and I couldn’t eat. “Obviously, the way the tongue moves when speaking English is very different from the way it moves when speaking Korean, so my tongue kept rubbing up…

THE OSCARS MAY SOON UNDERGO a major and controversial change as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences explores replacing the best actor and best actress categories with gender-neutral awards. As more awards shows adopt gender-neutral categories, the academy is considering following suit, but acknowledges it’s in the “early exploration stage,” academy CEO Bill Kramer said in a late-June interview in Variety. The trend began when the Grammys created single gender-neutral categories for best pop, country and R&B performances in 2012. Since then, some film and TV awards have too, including the MTV Movie & TV Awards, the Gotham Awards and Independent Spirit Awards. But such a change for the main acting categories at Hollywood’s flagship award ceremony would be remarkable. Kramer said that there are many factors to…