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Tag: United States Government

  • Republican Split on H-1B Skilled Workers?

    Republican Split on H-1B Skilled Workers?

    The BBC reports that Vivek Ramaswamy, tapped by President-Elect Trump to slash government spending, claimed American culture is to blame for employers hiring skilled foreign workers through the H-1B temporary worker visas. “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence,” Ramaswamy wrote in a long X post that argued that foreign workers improve the US economy. …

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  • Trumps Mass Deportation

    Trumps Mass Deportation

    TRUMP’S AGENDA Pushing people out Imagine the population of Chicago. Then quadruple it. That’s about how many unauthorized immigrants Donald Trump hopes to remove from the country: 11 million people in all. It won’t be easy. How will the government find all of these people? Where will they be held as officials process their cases?…

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  • Shots Fired: Pete Buttigieg Knocks Bernie for Praising Fidel Castro

    Shots Fired: Pete Buttigieg Knocks Bernie for Praising Fidel Castro

    After four years of looking on in horror as Trump cozied up to dictators, we need a president who will be extremely clear in standing against regimes that violate human rights abroad. We can’t risk nominating someone who doesn’t recognize this,” the former South Bend mayor wrote alongside a video of Sanders’ controversial 60 Minutesremarks: Sanders…

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  • African Stream: Russia’s Latest Covert Influence Pipeline Targeting Africa and the U.S.

    African Stream: Russia’s Latest Covert Influence Pipeline Targeting Africa and the U.S.

    On September 13, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken gave a press briefing about efforts to counter covert Russian government influence operations. He stated that RT, the Russian state media outlet previously called Russia Today, engages in “covert information and influence operations and military procurement.” Blinken mentioned several operations, including one targeting Moldova, another based in…

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  • Kamala Harris’ second presidential campaign to fail – just like her first?

    With Joe Biden endorsing Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee after his decision to exit the presidential race on Sunday, the first female US vice president “will likely have to answer questions” about her last botched campaign for the top job, the Washington Post has reported.  Harris, who has said that she intends to “earn…

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  • US President Joe Biden reportedly withdraws from presidential race

    – US President Joe Biden has reportedly informed campaign officials of his withdrawal from the ongoing presidential race. – Despite his withdrawal, he is not expected to resign from the presidency or endorse another candidate such as Vice President Kamala Harris.

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  • Trump calls on Taiwan to pay for defense

    Bad news for Taiwan: Donald Trump says Taiwan should pay the US for its defense guarantees. —He claimed Taiwan “stole our chip business” and “should pay [the US] for defense.” —Trump compared the US to an insurance company, saying, “You know, we’re no different than an insurance company. Taiwan doesn’t give us anything.” —Trump questioned…

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  • More African heads of state denounce the attempt to assassinate Trump

    Zambia was “saddened” to learn about the murder attempt and wished Trump “quick and full recovery.” “We join [President Biden] and other world leaders in condemning yesterday’s shocking act of violence. Peace and democracy must always triumph over hatred and bloodshed,” President Hakainde Hichilema said. The Western part of the continent also did not stand…

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  • Trump Is Safe After Assassination Attempt; Suspected Gunman Is Dead

    A spectator was also killed at the rally in Pennsylvania, the Secret Service said. Former President Donald J. Trump said in a post online that he had been “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part” of his ear. The federal authorities identified the gunman they said tried to assassinate former President Donald J.…

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  • Cuba foils plot to sneak arms onto island from U.S., official says

    Cuba has foiled a plot to sneak arms and ammunition onto the Caribbean island from the United States, detaining nearly three dozen people, a Cuba Interior Ministry official said on Monday. Cuba first unveiled details of the plot last December, when authorities said a Cuban man residing in the United States arrived on the island…

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