Quick Summary: Trumps Changes Lock Some Employers Out of H - 1B Visa Program
Donald Trump’s policy changes are restricting access to the H-1B visa program for some employers
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Staff was evacuated from the United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. That said, others remain inside within the compound as thousands of protestors and militia fighters storm the gates in anger at the United States airstrikes in Iraq, the Associated Press reports.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper issued a statement...
Pentagon warns military members against using at-home DNA tests.
According to the New York Times, the Pentagon warned military members from using at-home DNA tests in an internal memo.
The memo notes mail-in consumer DNA kits such as 23andme or Ancestry could pose a potential security risk.
“Exposing sensitive genetic information...
China calls out the recently devised U.S. Space Force as a "direct threat to outer space peace and security."
According to ABC News, Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters China is "Deeply concerned about it and resolutely opposed to it."
“The relevant U.S. actions are a serious violation of the...
The United States House of Representatives will vote to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of justice of Congress; both charges are linked to his actions surrounding a July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
It is important to note that despite the move towards...
Past economic gurus believed taxing goods made overseas was a way to generate revenue. The taxing process is known as tariffs.
These tariffs were also a way to protect and make goods made in the United States more profitable. What is currently being ignored today is that the U.S. is...
According to a new Government Accountability Office study that focused on the Department of Education civil rights data and found some troubling trends. The GAO found black students are with respect to discipline black students are overrepresented, which means black children are punished more severely and more frequently than...
The number of cops killed in the line of duty has dropped in 2017 and hit its lowest numbers in nearly 60 years, according to a report by USA Today.
As of Thursday, December 28, 2017, 128 officers died in the line of duty this year, down from 135 in...
Officials in California claim Nestlé has been bottling and selling water that it does not have a legal right to use.
Since 2015, officials with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) have received complains that Nestlé was using water from the San Bernardino National Forest to which the company...
Hillary Clinton claims the United States is “totally unprepared” for the economic and psychological effects of artificial intelligence. Clinton spoke to radio host Hugh Hewitt this week in an interview promoting her new book. In the interview, the former Presidential candidate said the world was “racing headfirst into new era...
The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote to put an end to their net neutrality rules next month, commission chairman Ajit Pai announced on Tuesday. The proposal will reverse the Title II classification of internet providers, which allows the agency to put strict limits on their behavior, and will...
Politico reports President Donald Trump’s aides and advisers have made a habit of showing arguably the most powerful person in the world only positive polls to cheer him up.
Advisers to the president claim in the report they show him polls “designed to make him feel good,” usually polls focusing...
A submarine has been missing for three days. According to CNN, an Argentine navy submarine with a crew of 44 has been missing for several days after the Navy lost contact, off the country’s Atlantic coast.
The ARA San Juan was last seen on Wednesday in the San Jorge Gulf,...
On Sunday in Iraq, a massive earthquake measuring 7.3 in magnitude hit the northern part of the country near Halibia, which is a city located in the northeastern part of Iraq near the Iran border.
News outlets report deaths in both Iraq in Iran had occurred, and the number of...
FEMA is planning to arrange some major relief efforts for stranded Puerto Ricans. With hotels filled to compact, electrical contractor issues, and major problems with basic resources two months following Hurricane Maria decimated the country, the agency is now offering free lights and temporary housing in Florida.
FEMA’s traditional strategies...
As the United States prepares to send more troops to Afghanistan to fight ISIS and the Taliban, and the speculation of a nuclear war between North Korea continues to spread with every Donald Trump tweet, it is important to understand that the United States has been fighting in several...
On Sunday, Devin Patrick Kelly ran into First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and started shooting, killing 26 people and injuring 20 more. kelly, a 26-year-old former Air Force Air Man, had been court-marshaled in 2012 and accused of assault his wife and stepson before being dishonorably discharged....
After the resignation of controversial Democrat National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who resigned after leaked emails, revealed she showed a clear bias against Bernie Sanders, political strategist Donna Brazille stepped in to fill the gap until the election.
Now, Politico has published an excerpt from Brazile’s upcoming book...
On Tuesday afternoon in New York City, NBC News reported at least 8 people were killed after shots rang out in the city’s lower Manhattan. Details surrounding the violence indicated that it was not a normal shooting, as multiple news outlets reported that multiple cyclists were hit by a...
The first charges to come from the ongoing investigation into possible collusion between Donald Trump and Russia have come to light on Monday morning. According to the New York Times, Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, former Trump foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos, and Rick Gates,...
The ambush in Niger that killed 4 U.S. soldiers, two of which being Green Berets, is still under investigation. But, according to a New York Times report, officials have been investigating the death of another Green Beret in Mali this June, which has been ruled a homicide.
The circumstances of...
