WASHINGTON – Several members of President Biden’s White House staff have ties to companies with significant interests in the administration’s positions on cybersecurity, antitrust and other policy areas, new federal disclosures show. …
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In early December, the crew of the US Coast Guard cutter Myrtle Hazard sailed overnight, anchored off the Pacific island of Palau and boarded a group of Chinese boats to help seize …
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WASHINGTON – Two Senate committees postponed scheduled votes on Neera Tanden’s nomination to head the Office of Management and Budget, raising further questions that she can garner enough support to be confirmed …
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Read More »Amide Vaccine Rollout and Historic Hack, Trump Remains Focus on Election
WASHINGTON – Joe Joden College debuted in a week with confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory and ended with Vice President Mike Pence taking a new Kovid-19 vaccine, with a major national security …
Read More »The American Kovid-Trial Plan aims to open New York-London travel by holiday
US officials have aimed to travel between New York City and London with a passenger quarantine period as soon as possible, according to people familiar with the matter. The increased availability of …
Read More »New rules for H-1B visas: what you need to know
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Tuesday launched a long-anticipated change to the H-1B visa program for highly skilled foreign workers, aimed at tightening eligibility for a program of high importance by …
Read More »Trump administration announces overhaul of H-1B visa program
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced an overhaul of the H-1B visa program for high-skilled foreign workers, which would require employers to pay significantly higher salaries to H-1B workers, narrowing the type …
Read More »Trump administration rescinds rules on foreign students studying online
The Trump administration agreed to rescind the rules it issued last week that prohibit international students from being in the US if they only took classes online, a rare government reversal of …
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