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On Friday, the White House announced a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications, sparking a wave of confusion and panic as companies and workers scrambled to make sense of the order. Three tech workers from across the US explained how they spent Friday night and Saturday. Two spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared retaliation for speaking …

Speaking once again on concerns about free speech following ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, Donald Trump turned to network news coverage of him, calling it “illegal” because of his claim that so much of the reporting is negative on his administration. Trump cited a report that news coverage of him is “97% bad.” “They’ll take a great story, and they …

Donald Trump warns Taliban over Bagram air base control | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/Middle East “If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN,” US President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post. US President Donald Trump signing an executive order in the Oval …

They will gather to mourn one of their own. On Sunday the late rightwing activist Charlie Kirk is set to be hailed by Donald Trump as a martyr of the Make America great again (Maga) movement. But Kirk’s memorial service at a 63,000-seat football stadium in Arizona could, critics fear, be exploited by the US president to serve a darker …

Stephen A. Smith criticised Jimmy Kimmel for his controversial remarks over Charlie Kirk’s death.(Image via OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty, Jesse D, Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images) Charlie Kirk’s assassination has shaken the nation and amid the mess, popular host Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled by ABC Television Network, after he made a controversial remark on the political activist’s death. …

Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Friday that would impose an annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications, dealing a potentially major blow to the US tech industry, which relies heavily on workers from India and China. The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said at a Friday press briefing that “all the big companies” had been briefed on the new …

A federal judge tossed Donald Trump’s $15bn defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, book publisher Penguin and two Times reporters, and said the suit was filled with “vituperation and invective” and violated civil procedure in federal cases for failing to get to the point. US district court judge Steven Merryday in Florida will allow the president to refile and …

A top donor to Donald Trump and other Maga Republicans has privately mocked the US president’s longtime position that he has an upper hand in trade negotiations with China, in a sign that even some loyal supporters have been uneasy with the White House strategy. Liz Uihlein, the billionaire businesswoman who co-founded the office supply company Uline with her husband, …

Shayan Sardarizadeh & Kayleen DevlinBBC Verify Getty Images US President Donald Trump has said he will designate Antifa as a “major terrorist organisation” as part of his efforts to target the “radical left”, following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump called the group a “sick, dangerous, radical left disaster” and …

Donald Trump said early on Thursday that he plans to designate antifa as a “major terrorist organization”. Antifa, short for “anti-fascists”, is an umbrella term for far-left-leaning activist groups and is not a single entity. These are groups that resist fascists and neo-Nazis, especially at demonstrations. It was unclear how the administration would label what is in effect a decentralized …