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e U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday filed a lawsuit over the Trump administration imposing a $100,000 fee to the H-1B worker visas. -snip- In a release regarding the lawsuit on Thursday, the Chamber called the new fee unlawful since it "overrides provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that govern the H-1B program, including the requirement that fees be based on the costs incurred by the government in processing visas." "The new $100,000 visa fee will make it cost-prohibitive for U.S. employers, especially start-ups and small and midsize businesses, to utilize the H-1B program, which was created by Congress...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV Praises a Priest Who Fantasized About Boys—and Calls Him a ProphetIn today’s Vatican, the man who wrote of “taking boys to bed” is exalted as holy, while the Mass of the Saints is treated as a threat.A Church That Blesses DisorderIn Germany, Bishop Helmut Dieser of Aachen has formally authorized blessings for “all couples who love each other,” regardless of marital status or sexual orientation. The decree, drawn from the German bishops’ document Segen gibt der Liebe Kraft, makes such ceremonies part of diocesan pastoral life.Hiraeth In Exile is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts...

The charges are related to payments the company allegedly made to secure a contract with the Philippine government to help oversee its 2016 presidential election and secure timely payment for its work. Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged the voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and bribing Philippine election officials with $1 million, according to the Associated Press. The charges are related to payments the company allegedly made to secure a contract with the Philippine government to help oversee its 2016 presidential election and secure timely payment for its work. The payments were made between 2015 and 2018. Three former...

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said that he knows and loves individuals who voted for President Donald Trump, noting that "they are not fascists" or "Nazis." "I'm the only Democrat in my family. I grew up in a conservative part of Pennsylvania," he noted during a NewsNation Town Hall while wearing a hoodie. "I would never compare anybody, anybody to Hitler, and those things," Fetterman declared. Such "extreme rhetoric" will make it "more likely" that there will be "extreme … outcomes and political violence," he suggested. Pointing to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Fetterman said, "let people...

An Illinois police officer living in the United States illegally has been arrested by immigration authorities, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday. Radule Bojovic, an illegal immigrant from Montenegro who was working as a sworn police officer with the Hanover Park Police Department, was taken into custody during Operation Midway Blitz, which targets illegal immigrants living in Illinois because of the state's sanctuary policies, federal officials said. Fox News Digital has reached out to the police department and the office of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump and his immigration policies. "J.B. Pritzker doesn’t...

Tommy Robinson, the founder of the English Defense League and one of Britain's most polarising figures, has travelled to Israel while awaiting a court verdict in the UK. The far-right activist — known for his anti-Muslim campaigns — was invited by Israel's Minister for Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli, according to The Guardian. The trip drew swift criticism from British Jewish groups, who called the invitation 'deeply inappropriate'. Robinson's politics have always revolved around Islam. For over a decade, he's portrayed himself as a defender of Western civilisation under siege — from refugees, from multiculturalism, from what he calls 'Islamisation'. That...

A whopping 175,000 Americans have applied to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin revealed the updated recruitment number on “The Alex Marlow Show” on Wednesday. The recruitment blitz comes as the Trump administration is offering up to $50,000 in sign-on bonuses to new recruits. The agency has also solicited former agents to return to the force, and many have joined, retired agents who have jumped at the opportunity have told The Daily Wire. “It really is encouraging to see that patriots see through the charade of the media, they want to enforce the...

Police have arrested pro-Israel supporters who were holding placards which read 'we stand with Britain's Jews', while pro-Palestine protesters were filmed chanting 'death to the IDF' elsewhere in central London. A small group of people from Our Fight, a pro-Israeli organisation that describes itself as mostly made up of non-Jewish Brits, were seen facing off with protesters while holding signs that read: 'We stand with Britain's Jews'. Mark Birbeck, an activist from a non-Jewish but pro-Israeli group, was arrested after being escorted by police officers while holding the sign emblazoned with a Union Jack flag. Two others were also seen...

ELMIRA, N.Y. — State police and the Elmira Police Department say a 26-year-old Elmira Police officer was arrested Wednesday after a months-long investigation into the unlawful release of confidential information. State police say on July 22, they got a complaint from the Elmira Police Department about potential leaks of sensitive information. In a statement from Chief Kristen Thorne of EPD, he says he was made aware on July 18 that an Elmira Police officer supposedly gave out confidential information to another person. They then suspended the officer and contacted state police to do a deeper investigation. On July 31, state...

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is peddling falsehoods in an attempt to mar Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Camp Pendleton on Saturday, including falsely claiming an amphibious capabilities demonstration would result in the closure of the I-5 highway and that America’s troops would not be paid. The event will be followed by a celebration on Del Mar Beach in honor of the Marine Corps’ forthcoming 250th birthday, which is November tenth. Newsom and his press office seized on an anonymously-sourced article from far-left outlet MeidasTouch, which claimed that “the White House will shut down portions of the I-5 for Vice...

Twenty-one-year-old Steven A. Wowwk arrived as an infantryman in the Army’s First Cavalry Division in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam in early January 1969 to fight in an escalating and increasingly unwinnable war. By June, Wowwk had been wounded twice—the second time seriously—and was sent back to the United States for treatment at Boston’s Chelsea Naval Hospital. It was after returning to the U.S. and while en route to the hospital that Wowwk first encountered hostility as a veteran.

DC ATTACKERS GO FREE, SHOWING LIMITS OF TRUMP CRIME CRACKDOWN. District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Kendra Briggs was quite understanding with the 15-year-old who had pepper-sprayed a man while a friend pummeled him, and while others in her group tried to steal his car.

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on charges of mishandling classified information — accusing him of sending sensitive national security documents through a personal AOL email account. The indictment alleges that Bolton knowingly transmitted materials related to foreign policy matters while communicating with outside contacts after leaving the White House. Bolton, 76, served as President Trump’s national security adviser from April 2018 until his firing in September 2019.

Hossam al-Astal, a militia leader operating with Israeli support in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, demands that the world protect Gaza’s residents from Hamas’s terror, amid a wave of executions and killings carried out by the terror group. In a video obtained by The Times of Israel, al-Astal thanks US President Trump for his efforts toward the ceasefire, but adds that after saving Gazans from Israeli bombardment, the president should now save them from Hamas. “Hamas is killing hundreds of children, women, youths and elderly people. Under what charge? We came out of a military war into a...

BOSTON – A Malden, Mass. woman has been arrested and charged for threatening to kill federal agents who were engaging in lawful immigration enforcement. Bethany Abigail Terrill, 37, was charged with threatening a United States official. Terrill will make an initial appearance in federal court in Boston at 1:30 pm, today. According to the charging documents, federal agents were supporting Immigration Enforcement and Removal Operations in effecting the administrative immigration arrest of individuals in the area of Malden District Court. It is alleged that the agents encountered Terrill outside of Malden Court for reasons unrelated to the agents’ activities. It...

The Trump DOJ made history on Wednesday by announcing terrorism charges against Antifa militants for the first time. As Fox News reported, a federal grand jury indicted two alleged Antifa leftists with terrorism-related charges for an Independence Day attack on an ICE facility in Texas. The Gateway Pundit previously revealed that ten individuals were involved in a coordinated attack on ICE officers in Alvarado, Texas. The individuals are alleged to be part of an Antifa cell from North Texas. According to the criminal complaint, the defendants, dressed in black military-style clothing, began shooting fireworks at the facility as part of...

In two days, be a part of the largest peaceful protest in modern American history. Join No Kings this Saturday at an event near you to push back on Trump's power grabs and make it clear—we don't do monarchs here.

After months of speculation — and even frustration — from fans over why their much-anticipated UFO documentary The Age Of Disclosure hadn’t yet been released, producers have announced a date for its commercial launch.The documentary features dozens of prominent voices from the U.S. government, military and intelligence communities as it sets out to corroborate an 80-year global coverup of non-human intelligent life.Disclosure drew huge audiences at the SXSW Film Festival, which helped push its trailer to more than 20 million views. Now it will be released on Nov. 21 for a theatrical run in New York City, Los Angeles and...

On Wednesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin discussed deportation numbers. McLaughlin said, “Congress has given us this funding…to be hiring more than 10,000 new ICE enforcement officers. I know about 5,000 have been hired. So, we are certainly on our way, but we expect those numbers to rise.”

Companies could face probes into their compliance with the H-1B visa program as part of the Trump Administration’s effort to clamp down on the program and force companies to hire more Americans. The Department of Labor announced on Friday that it was launching Project Firewall, an “enforcement initiative” that will investigate employers for potential abuse of the H-1B visa process. The initiative may be the first time the federal government has sought to broadly enforce H-1B legal standards intended to protect both the H-1B employee and American workers, such as paying wages on par with other workers of similar qualifications...