‘Running on a platform of shutting down temples’: Hindu leader says Republican loss in Texas local election not surprising

Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss for the open Texas Senate District 9 seat in Tarrant County which is the largest Republican county in the nation. It was a special election to fill the seat after the incumbent Republican resigned to take another office and Rehmet will serve the remainder of the current term […]

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee hike to work in the US: Is America shutting best and brightest Indian talent out?

Trump H-1B Visa Overhaul: Impact on Indian Professionals and US Tech Sector A once-strategic partnership between the United States and India, long built on mutual economic benefit, innovation and people-to-people ties, is now straining under sweeping immigration and trade policies implemented under former President Donald Trump’s administration. Policies such as the drastic H-1B visa fee […]

‘After more than 20 years of failed attempts…’: Kash Patel announces shutting down FBI’s Hoover Building

FBI director Kash Patel announced the final shutdown of the agency’s headquarters at the J Edgar Hoover Building and touted this as an accomplishment of the agency under his leadership. “After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI’s Hoover headquarters and move the workforce into a […]

Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” set to be empty: Why Trump’s dream jail for illegal immigrants is shutting down | World News

Florida’s controversial immigration detention facility, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is expected to be empty within days as a federal judge orders its operations to wind down. Built rapidly in the Everglades with a capacity of 3,000 detainees, the centre briefly held nearly 1,000 individuals. Emails from Florida officials indicate that the population has already dropped significantly, […]

Musk’s Task Force Begins Shutting Down Foreign Policy Research Center

The head of the Wilson Center, a storied foreign policy think tank, resigned on Tuesday, a day after employees from Elon Musk’s government-overhauling team arrived at the group’s Washington headquarters to dismantle it, according to people familiar with the actions at the center. The resignation of the president, Mark Green, a Republican, and the visit […]

‘Objective news is gone from world’: Voice of America accuses Trump administration of unlawfully shutting it down

Voice of America and Donald Trump Voice of America filed a lawsuit late Friday accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully shutting down the news organisation. The Voice of America sought the court’s intervention to reinstate the news service, which has historically provided information about the United States to global audiences, particularly in regions lacking press […]