Trump overhauls H-1B visa for high-skilled workers and adds new $100,000 annual fee
Read full article: Trump overhauls H-1B visa for high-skilled workers and adds new $100,000 annual feePresident Donald Trump has signed a proclamation that will require a new annual $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications.
States are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines as they await federal recommendation
Read full article: States are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines as they await federal recommendationThe governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina have signed orders intended to make COVID-19 vaccines available in pharmacies for people without individual prescriptions.
States move to protect vaccines in the face of attempts to remove mandates
Read full article: States move to protect vaccines in the face of attempts to remove mandatesThe widening debate over vaccine mandates in the U.S. and recent moves to get rid of them for schoolchildren in Florida are pushing some states to take steps to protect vaccines for children and adults.
Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess
Read full article: Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recessAs Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, it will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms.
Things to know about the release of federal documents related to MLK's assassination
Read full article: Things to know about the release of federal documents related to MLK's assassinationFederal records related to the investigation into the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have been released.
Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
Read full article: Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s oppositionMartin Luther King Jr.'s two living children are urging people to tread lightly with a newly released trove of records related to their father's assassination.
Trump says Coke will shift to cane sugar. But increasingly, shoppers want no sugar in their sodas
Read full article: Trump says Coke will shift to cane sugar. But increasingly, shoppers want no sugar in their sodasThe debate over whether Coca-Cola should use high-fructose corn syrup or cane sugar in its signature cola obscures an important fact: Consumers are increasingly looking for Coke with no sugar at all.
New CIA report criticizes investigation into Russia's support for Trump in 2016
Read full article: New CIA report criticizes investigation into Russia's support for Trump in 2016A newly released report from the CIA challenges the work intelligence agencies did to investigate Russia's support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election.
Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
Read full article: Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in AmericaCivil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Political violence is threaded through recent US history. The motives and justifications vary
Read full article: Political violence is threaded through recent US history. The motives and justifications varyThe attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at home are the latest in a grim spike in political violence.
Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files show
Read full article: Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files showThe CIA has released 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of New York Sen. Robert F.
Gabbard says AI is speeding up intel work, including the release of the JFK assassination files
Read full article: Gabbard says AI is speeding up intel work, including the release of the JFK assassination filesThe director of national intelligence says artificial intelligence is speeding up the work of America's spy services.
Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration's El Salvador prison deal
Read full article: Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration's El Salvador prison dealA coalition of immigrant rights groups is suing to invalidate the Trump administration's deal to house detainees in a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Judge weighs government's request to unseal records of FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.
Read full article: Judge weighs government's request to unseal records of FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.A federal judge is weighing a request from the Trump administration to unseal records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. — files that the civil rights leader’s relatives want to keep under wraps in the national archives.
Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs
Read full article: Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programsMore than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been eliminated in the tornado of layoffs and proposed budget cuts in the Trump administration’s first 100 days.
The release of a 1961 plan to break up the CIA revives an old conspiracy theory about who killed JFK
Read full article: The release of a 1961 plan to break up the CIA revives an old conspiracy theory about who killed JFKNewly released material from documents associated with President John F. Kennedy's assassination show that a key adviser wanted to break up the CIA after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.
Conspiracies, espionage, an enemies list: Takeaways from a wild day of confirmation hearings
Read full article: Conspiracies, espionage, an enemies list: Takeaways from a wild day of confirmation hearingsPresident Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees have flooded the zone in back-to-back-to-back confirmation hearings.
What JFK assassination files are still classified? Trump’s order could bring them to light
Read full article: What JFK assassination files are still classified? Trump’s order could bring them to lightMillions of documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas have already been made public, but President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of still-classified files.
Inauguration Day Latest: Trump issues pardons for Jan. 6 rioters and signs more executive actions
Read full article: Inauguration Day Latest: Trump issues pardons for Jan. 6 rioters and signs more executive actionsDonald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.
Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington received the highest US civilian honor
Read full article: Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington received the highest US civilian honorFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor.
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RFK Jr. kicked off Instagram for vaccine misinformation
Read full article: RFK Jr. kicked off Instagram for vaccine misinformationFILE - In this Dec. 12, 2019 file photo, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. attends the 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York. Instagram has banned Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for repeatedly sharing misinformation about vaccine safety and COVID-19, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)Instagram on Wednesday banned Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, from repeatedly posting misinformation about vaccine safety and COVID-19. In an emailed statement, Kennedy Jr. stood by his Instagram posts, adding they have been carefully vetted. A Twitter account belonging to Kennedy Jr. also remains live, where he has more than 200,000 followers.
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