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September 21, 2025
White House tries to tamp down corporate panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul
09/20/2025 12:42 PM EDTUpdated: 09/20/2025 04:42 PM EDT President Donald Trump’s new $100,000 fee for high-skill visa holders only applies to new applicants — not current visa holders who may be on travel outside of the U.S. — according to the White House. The president’s H-1B announcement on Friday immediately spurred chaos, with companies and immigration lawyers warning travelers to return to the U.S. before midnight on Sunday, when the new policy is scheduled to kick in. The text of the p ...
Go to discussionTrump Says Meeting Democrats to Avert Shutdown Unlikely to Help
September 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM EDT Updated on September 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM EDT Democratic congressional leaders demanded a meeting with Donald Trump ahead of a possible government shutdown, drawing a noncommittal response from the president. "I'd love to meet with them, but I don't think it's going to have any impact," Trump told reporters outside the White House on Saturday. After Senate Republicans and Democrats blocked rival stopgap measures on Friday, Trump predicted a shutdow ...
Go to discussionDemocrats slam giant $50k banners of Trump's face on DC buildings as 'propaganda'
6h Massive banners of President Donald Trump's face adorning the exteriors of federal buildings in the nation's capital have led some Democratic lawmakers to draw comparisons to the kind of overt displays of authoritarian propaganda under leaders such as Kim Jong Un, Benito Mussolini and Saddam Hussein. The banners were installed on the buildings of the Departments of Agriculture, Labor, and Health and Human Services in Washington D.C. They have cost taxpayers at least $50,000, according to a ...
Go to discussionTrump demands Venezuela take action on one of his most outlandish claims - or face an 'incalculable' price
Saturday 20 September 2025 16:31 EDT President Donald Trump demanded the Venezuelan government accept the return of “all of the prisoners” he claims the country has forced into the U.S., or face an “incalculable” price. Trump made the threat Saturday in a post on Truth Social, where he did not elaborate on which prisoners he was referring to other than some were “people from mental institutions,” — an unsubstantiated claim he has repeatedly made before. “We want Venezuela to immediately acce ...
Go to discussionTrump warns Afghanistan of 'bad things' if Bagram Air Base not returned to US
09/20/25 7:29 PM ET President Trump on Saturday threatened the Taliban government of Afghanistan, saying “bad things are going to happen” if it does not give Bagram Air Base back to the United States. “If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, signing his name to the end of the post. Trump just days ago said the United States wanted to wrest back control of Bagram Air ...
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