In response to the White House proclamation on H-1B visas, major US firms including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and JPMorgan have issued urgent advisories asking employees on H-1B visas to return to the US before the Sept 21 deadline.Microsoft’s advisory, shared shortly after the proclamation, warned of the risk of being denied re-entry into the US […]
FILE – New York attorney general Letitia James ( AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) A conservative lawyer who has denied allegations she took part in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot has been appointed acting US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, following the ouster of the office’s chief on Friday. Mary “Maggie” Cleary informed staff […]
Representative Image (AI) Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) faced major disruptions Friday afternoon after a telecommunications outage caused Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers to lose radar and phone communications. According to FlightAware data, the technical issue led to over 430 flight cancellations and around 580 delays at DFW, along […]
Erik Seibert; Donald Trump; Letitia James Erik Siebert, the US attorney whose office has been investigating mortgage fraud allegations against New York attorney general Letitia James, has been told he is being removed from the position, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday. The move comes amid efforts by the […]
The Donald Trump administration on Thursday urged Chief Justice John Roberts to issue a temporary order removing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, while also requesting a broader ruling from the full Supreme Court as her legal battle continues.“Put simply, the president may reasonably determine that interest rates paid by the American […]
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr (AP image) The federal vaccine advisory panel, recently restructured by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, voted on Thursday to stop recommending a four-in-one shot for young children that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.In an 8-3 vote, with one abstention, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) […]
Kash Patel (PTI image) FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday faced extensive questioning during a roughly five-hour House Judiciary Committee hearing, as lawmakers pressed him on his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and the release of related documents.During the hearing, Patel responded to repeated demands for more disclosures by asking, “Do you know how […]
Tempers flared on Capitol Hill as FBI Director Kash Patel endured his first Senate oversight hearing, trading insults and shouting over lawmakers in a session that often resembled a political brawl more than a policy review. What was billed as a chance to examine the bureau’s handling of crime and national security quickly became a […]
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump touched down in London on Tuesday for a historic second state visit to the United Kingdom, marked by royal pageantry, trade deals and political controversy.Trump, who will be hosted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, described the monarch as “an elegant gentleman” who […]
Putin-Zelenskyy (AI image generated using ChatGPT) As more and more Russian drones are being spotted across Nato countries, the scale of Moscow’s aerial campaign is becoming impossible to ignore. In recent days, Polish and Romanian forces have intercepted drones straying into their airspace, underscoring how the war’s most prolific weapon is now pressing against the […]
