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Trump signs proclamation adding $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and SEUNG MIN KIM
Sep 19, 2025 7:47 pm - Looking to reshape the U.S. visa system for highly skilled foreign workers and investors, President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a new annual $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a potential pathway to U.S. citizenship.
Slain activist’s legacy sparks heated debate: Should Wheeling High honor Charlie Kirk?

By Christopher Placek
Sep 19, 2025 7:12 pm - Supporters and critics clashed over whether to recognize the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a distinguished alumnus at Wheeling High School.
Kennedy’s vaccine advisers change COVID shot guidance, calling them an individual choice

By MIKE STOBBE and LAURAN NEERGAARD
Sep 19, 2025 4:23 pm - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers added confusion Friday to this fall’s COVID-19 vaccinations — declining to recommend them for anyone and leaving the choice up to those who want a shot.Until now, the vaccinations had been recommended as a routine step in the fall for nearly all Americans who wanted them — just like a yearly flu vaccine.
ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of ‘Midway Blitz’

By REBECCA SANTANA
Sep 19, 2025 3:02 pm - Immigration enforcement officials have arrested more than 400 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday.
Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1

By KEVIN FREKING
Sep 19, 2025 12:37 pm - The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.
More employers fire workers over Kirk posts as pressure from right mounts

By Taylor Telford, Faiz Siddiqui
Sep 19, 2025 10:50 am - The wave of companies and other institutions firing or suspending employees over what they’ve said in reaction to the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk has expanded in recent days, as some of his supporters in and outside the government amp up a push against speech they say crosses lines.
Russia leverages Kirk shooting for propaganda as false claims surge

By Joseph Menn
Sep 18, 2025 8:54 pm - Russian state-controlled media outlets and allied social media accounts have seized on the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to push narratives that favor the...
Turning Point USA appoints Charlie Kirk’s widow as his successor

By Alec Dent
Sep 18, 2025 8:53 pm - Turning Point USA, the organization founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, announced Thursday that Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, was unanimously elected to succeed he...
Trump, allies seek to punish speech they dislike following Kirk killing

By Michael Birnbaum, Sarah Ellison and Perry Stein
Sep 18, 2025 8:12 pm - A week after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump and his allies are attacking critics of the right-wing activist who they say have gone too far, a ...
Senate Democrats introduce first bid to recognize Palestinian state

By Noah Robertson
Sep 18, 2025 6:48 pm - Democrats plan to introduce the Senate’s first resolution calling for the U.S. government to recognize a Palestinian state, escalating a push from the party’s progressive...

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