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Americans never asked for it: Missouri senator calls for termination of OPT, says it’s ‘cheap labor pipeline’

Amid the ongoing H-1B row, Missouri senator Eric Schmitt called the Optional Practical Training program a cheap labor pipeline for big business and urged the administration to either scrap it or to reform it so that it does not continue to deprive American graduates. OPT is a work authorization given to international students who are […]

‘Wild’: Australian senator says he just discovered ‘Indian poop throwing festival’

American YouTuber Tyler Oliveira released his documentary on cow-dung festival misrepresenting it as ‘poop festival’. Australian senator Ralph Babet announced on social media that he discovered a wild thing about India which is a poop throwing festival. This stemmed from US YouTuber Tyler Oliveira’s misrepresentation of Karnataka’s Gorehabba festival. The influencer documented his experience at […]

‘I have been given nothing’: Elon Musk slams Democrat senator questioning his $1 trillion package; ‘You are…’

Elon Musk slammed a Democrat senator for questioning his $1 trillion package. Elon Musk shut down Democrat Senator Roland Gutierrez who attempted to guilt-trip Musk about getting a $1 trillion package “on the backs of American taxpayers” while people are struggling to pay for groceries. Musk called Roland a ‘taker’ with a ‘zero-sum mindset’ and […]

‘Ring the alarm bells’: Oregon senator Jeff Merkley delivers record 23-hour speech; slams Trump as ‘authoritarian’

Oregon democrat Senator Jeff Merkley delivered a nearly 23-hour marathon speech on the Senate floor from Tuesday into late Wednesday, one of the longest recorded in recent years. He used the speech to criticise US President Donald Trump‘s policies, calling him an authoritarian for using the military in Merkley’s hometown of Portland and prosecuting political […]

Who is Rodrigo Paz? Centrist senator wins Bolivia presidency, ending decades of leftist rule

Centrist Rodrigo Paz won Bolivia’s presidential runoff on Sunday, defeating conservative rival Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, as the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation helped propel the end of nearly two decades of leftist rule. Paz, a senator from the Christian Democratic Party, won 54.5% of the vote, beating Quiroga’s 45.5%, according to early results […]

Pam Bondi goes on offensive in senate hearing: Accuses senator Blumenthal of lying; dodges Epstein questions

Pam Bondi at the senate hearing (AP) US attorney general Pam Bondi came under fire Tuesday during a Senate judiciary committee oversight hearing, adopting a combative stance with Democratic senators and refusing to engage with questions about the Jeffrey Epstein files. She accused Senator Richard Blumenthal of lying about his military service while deflecting probes […]

‘Incredible Indian American community’: US Senator condemns Florida leader’s racist comment amid H-1B row

Florida’s Palm Bay councilman Chandler Langevin has come under fire for his anti-India comments. As Florida’s Palm Bay Council is up in arms against councilman Chandler Langevin and calling him a cancer which should be removed immediately after he attacked the Indian-American community, several politicians came forward to condemn Langevin’s racism. Republican Senator and former […]

‘It’s a genocide’: Bernie Sanders labels Israel’s military offensive in Gaza; first US senator to take this stance

Bernie Sanders (AP image) US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Wednesday described Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in Gaza as “genocide,” becoming the first sitting United States senator to make such a charge against the Jewish state.While Sanders has previously led efforts in the Senate to block US sales of bombs and firearms to […]

‘You’ll look like alien’: Senator Kennedy holds up movie poster to warn against eating shrimp; watch

John Kennedy (L), picture from the 1979 movie, ‘Alien’ (R) Louisiana senator John Kennedy on Wednesday held up a poster from the 1979 sci-fi film Alien, warning that eating recently recalled shrimp could turn people into the movie’s monster. The Republican said the frozen shrimp imported from abroad was radioactive, comparing its effects to the […]

‘Forcibly removed’: Senator Ron Wyden warns against Trump admin’s plan to deport over 600 Guatemalan children | World News

Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon (Pic credit: AP) The Trump administration is preparing to deport nearly 700 Guatemalan children who entered the United States without their parents, according to a letter sent Friday by Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, reported AP. In his letter to Angie Salazar, the acting director of the Office of […]