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(CNN) — Amazon is demanding that its corporate employees return to the office five days a week, joining several other companies that have changed their pandemic-era hybrid policies. Research has shown that workers’ productivity remains consistent at home but many executives say more onsite face time is needed to maintain culture, spur collaboration and better mentor young employees.

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1. Secret Service

A second apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump is raising new alarms about whether the Secret Service can adequately protect the Republican presidential candidate or if more needs to be done to bolster his security. While Secret Service agents on Sunday prevented the potential shooter from firing at Trump while golfing at his West Palm Beach course — unlike the would-be assassin in Pennsylvania — questions remain about how another gunman was able to get within several hundred yards of the former president. …