No guarantee you will return: US rejects Indian student’s visa plea, cites no strong tie to home country

An Indian student was rejected for a US visa and the rejection letter claimed that he did not have enough strong tie that would compel him to return to India after his stay in the US. An Indian student recently received a visa rejection letter from the US that said they were not convinced that […]

Sean Combs case: Judge rejects Diddy’s bid to overturn felony prostitution conviction; could face 11+ years in prison

A US judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by Sean “Diddy” Combs to overturn his criminal conviction on felony prostitution-related charges, after prosecutors said the hip-hop mogul should spend more than 11 years in prison. US district judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan found “overwhelming evidence of Combs’ guilt” related to his treatment of two former […]

‘No mission for them right now’: Oregon governor rejects Donald Trump’s plan to send troops to Portland; calls city ‘just fine’

File photo: US President Donald Trump and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek (Picture credit: AP) Oregon Governor Tina Kotek said Saturday she directly told US President Donald Trump that Portland does not need federal troops, after he announced plans to send soldiers to “war-ravaged” Portland to protect immigration facilities.“Portland is doing just fine, and I made […]

Donald Trump vs Tusk: Warsaw rejects ‘mistake’ claim; calls Russian drone strike deliberate | World News

Poland has firmly rejected Donald Trump’s claim that a recent Russian drone incursion into its airspace could have been accidental, saying the attack was deliberate and cannot be dismissed.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday responded directly to Trump’s remarks, saying that the strike was intentional. “We would also wish that the drone attack on […]

Are salt trucks blocking ICE in Chicago? City rejects claim; officials warn federal operations could arrive soon

Salt trucks were not deployed to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Chicago’s administration said on Monday, countering viral social media videos suggesting otherwise.The city said the trucks were in place “to support public safety efforts related to a planned protest and the Taste of Chicago,” calling it a “routine practice,” as quoted by NBC. […]

‘I don’t know anything’: Donald Trump denies knowledge of 2019 Seal Team 6 mission; rejects approval reports

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Friday said he did not know “anything” about a classified 2019 Seal Team 6 mission in North Korea that The New York Times reported resulted in the deaths of unarmed North Korean civilians.Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump was asked by a reporter, “Can you confirm […]

‘Democrat hoax’: Trump rejects push to release more Epstein files; calls effort distraction from his success in office

US President Donald Trump (AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday brushed aside renewed demands to release additional Jeffrey Epstein files, dismissing the effort as a political distraction from his record in office.“This is a Democratic hoax that never ends,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about the Epstein records.“From what I […]

Is Donald Trump being ironic? Russia rejects ‘conspiracy against US’ charge; claims Putin, Xi and Kim ‘not plotting’

Russia on Wednesday rejected US President Donald Trump’s allegation that Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were “conspiring” against the United States alongside China’s Xi Jinping during a massive military parade in Beijing. The Kremlin clarified that Putin was not engaged in any conspiracy and suggested that Trump may have […]

Lyle Menendez parole: Audio leak blunder angers relatives; family blasts ‘media spectacle’ as board rejects plea

Lyle (left) and Erik Menendez sit in Beverly Hills Municipal Court where their attorneys delayed making pleas on their behalf in Beverly Hills, California in 1990. (Picture credit: AP) Lyle Menendez’s high-stakes parole hearing was thrown into turmoil on Friday last week after the surprise release of an audio recording from his brother Erik’s parole […]

Redistricting row: California top court rejects GOP plea for hold; cost, corruption claims surface

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a petition filed by Republican legislators seeking to delay legislative action on a redistricting package that could place new congressional maps before voters this November, reported ABC news.“The petition for writ of mandate and application for stay are denied,” the court stated, citing a lack of sufficient grounds […]