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The United States issued nearly one-fifth fewer student visas in August as the Trump administration tightened immigration rules, new data show. India, once the top source of U.S. international students, experienced the largest drop, while China became the leading country of origin. According to the International Trade Administration, the U.S. issued 313,138 student visas in August, the most common month for new university enrollments. This represents a 19.1 percent decrease compared with the same month in 2024. Student visas for Indian nationals fell dramatically by 44.5 percent over the past year. India had previously been the largest source of foreign...

I don't trust doctors at all. I am over 50 years old and I have only trusted THREE doctors in my entire life- I don't trust them.

An Indian Redditor who claimed to be an ex-Amazon employee took to Reddit to share his rant against Indian managers in US workplaces. The post went viral with anti-H-1Bs reveling in the fact that Indians are exposing the toxicity they create in American companies. The Redditor said Indian managers do not hire Americans because they know they can't push them to work 24/7; and Americans won't hesitate to push back if they are made to work extra. Citing the toxic behavior of the Indian managers for leaving Amazon, the person claimed that the real hiring criteria in Walmart is one...

Critics cringed hard over what was slammed as a “creepy” exchange between President Donald Trump and a self-described recovering “Trump Derangement Syndrome” sufferer during a White House roundtable on Trump’s favorite boogeyman, Antifa, on Wednesday. Brandi Kruse, a conservative content creator from Seattle, told Trump she was “living proof that you can recover” from so-called “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” which isn’t an official medical diagnosis but just a partisan insult that Trump fans often derogatorily hurl at critics of the president.

Join Libby Emmons as she fills in for Tim Pool, with guest Andy Ngo, Nick Sortor, James Klug, and Richie McGinnis as they talk about antifa and their current activites, and their interactions with them. Of interest...Andy Ngo points out that people should be concerned that, under the pretense of 2nd amendment rights, trans militants are stockpiling weapons and training for the purpose of killing those they consider transphob and fascist Ngo feels the left has embraced an assassination culture, and it's just a matter of time before there is another assassination of a conservative or person on the right.

US President Donald Trump's "reckless" proclamation imposing a USD 100,000 fee on H-1B visas is not about protecting American jobs but about "weaponising" immigration policy to advance a "xenophobic agenda", a leading community organisation said. On Friday, the Trump administration announced a one-time USD 1,00,000 fee on H-1B visas. Indian American Impact strongly condemned Trump's reckless order imposing the USD 100,000 fee on H-1B visas and said its "chaotic" rollout sparked panic and chaos, especially for professionals abroad working or visiting family with medical emergencies. The proclamation "is not about protecting American jobs; it is about weaponising immigration policy to...

Abbie Chatfield has warned women against dating men who support US president Donald Trump. The former Bachelor star, 29, tells this week's issue of Stellar Magazine that she feels conservative men are 'dangerous'. 'I don't think women should date Trump supporters. I think these far-right people are actively dangerous to women, and I don't think that any [woman] should be dating someone who's a misogynist' she told the publication.

Nearly one-fifth fewer student visas were issued in August, the same month the Trump administration moved to limit the duration of visas for students, among others. One of the hardest hit were Indians, who saw a nearly 45% plunge in student visa allocations in August. According to news agency AFP, 3,13,138 student visas were issued in the month of August and the total figure was also 19.1% lower than what it was in August 2024. While the Chinese also saw a drop in issuance of student visas, it wasn't nearly as much as Indians, who saw 44.5% fewer student visas...

Indian American entrepreneur and political figure Vivek Ramaswamy highlighted the value of the nonimmigrant program amid rising debates over the future of H-1B visas for specialty occupations. Ramaswamy, former co-chair of Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, sparked discussion on social media by suggesting that Chinese students often outperform their American peers academically. “75% of 8th graders in America aren’t proficient in math & the average student in China is 4 years ahead of the average US student,” he wrote Monday on X. “It’s time to get serious about fixing K-12 education.” While Ramaswamy spoke specifically about students, Indian American...

A Brunswick Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge was arrested this week for allegedly being drunk behind the wheel when he backed into another vehicle outside of a Jacksonville strip club. Judge Robert “Bert” Guy, 48, was allegedly attempting to leave Wacko’s Gentlemen’s Club at around 2 a.m. on Tuesday when he backed his Mercedes E300 into a Ford F-150 in the parking lot, a report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and obtained by The News said. A valet at the club saw the incident and told police when they arrived at around 3 a.m. that staff at the club brought...

Ricky Hatton previously admitted that he tried to kill himself after suffering a defeat to Manny Pacquiao. The boxing legend will be laid to rest today following his tragic death last month. Hatton was candid about his battles with mental health and addiction and it was in a 2022 interview with the BBC that he disclosed he attempted to commit suicide following his defeat to the Filipino legend in 2009. Hatton explained: "I was suicidal. I tried killing myself several times. My problems happened when I got beat by Manny Pacquiao in two rounds, which ultimately meant 'Ricky, you need...

Oct. 9 (UPI) -- A mystery cow found wandering loose on a Pennsylvania highway was successfully roped by a man on horseback, but the bovine's origins remain unknown. The cow held up traffic Wednesday when it was spotted along the median of Interstate 79, near Cranberry Township and Evans City in Butler County.

A Florida couple was arrested last week after police said they abandoned their 16-year-old son on the side of the road with a bag full of guns. The parents, Bradley Leon Guerrero Santos, 36, and Rosanella Mendiola Borja, 35, are facing child neglect charges. Police in North Port, a city near Sarasota, received a 911 call on the evening of October 1 about 'a suspicious male' who was walking south on the northbound side on Interstate-75, according to a probable cause affidavit. An officer approached the boy, who reluctantly identified himself as the child of Santos and Borja. He said...

Does a video show Delta Airlines removing an elderly man from a flight because he was wearing a MAGA hat? No, that's not true: The man was wearing a red hat that read "Build Back Better My Ass," not "Make America Great Again." The pilot, who said he himself was "ultra MAGA", told him he was escorted off the plane for safety reasons since he refused a flight attendant order to take off the hat that included a profane word.

Trump administration’s MAGA push is gaining traction before the next year’s mid-term elections in America. Two key developments regarding the H-1B visa system are already in place, making it difficult for US firms to hire foreign workers. The introduction of a $100,000 H-1B petition fee for each foreign worker will make it more expensive for US companies, while the second proposal is to launch a wage-based selection process. US companies are being forced to either hire the best-skilled foreign talent by offering a higher salary and the $100k petition fee or hire American workers. After H-1B, the next focus for...

A couple from Woburn, Massachusetts has lost their license to foster children after they refused to sign a gender affirming policy form from the Department of Children and Families (DCF). Lydia and Heath Marvin have three kids in their teens, but they have fostered eight different children under the age of 4 since 2020. Their most recent foster child was a baby with complex medical needs who stayed with them for 15 months. "Our Christian faith, it really drives us toward that. James says that true undefiled religion is to care for the fatherless," said Heath. The couple said they...

A Florida man was hit with federal charges this week after he allegedly stole $7,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets from a convenience store, then returned to the scene of the crime mere hours later to try to redeem his loot, according to authorities. Justin Farley, 43, pulled into a St. Petersburg Circle K on May 5, and “opened multiple cabinets and took scratch-off lottery tickets,” before fleeing the scene in his grey Hyundai Elantra, according to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Post. Roughly 40 minutes later, Farley arrived at an area 7-Eleven to redeem the $7,000 worth of...

Since President Donald Trump's H-1B visa crackdown, many Indian students who once dreamed of a world-class education, lucrative careers and a better quality of life, are nervous about tougher and more unpredictable U.S. immigration rules. -snip- Bengaluru-based Piyush is a 26-year-old who still wants to do an MBA in the United States. He asked for his full name not to be used, fearing it could affect his visa chances. This is his story: I have been in India all my life. I have studied and worked here and honestly, I have had enough. It is time to go. It is...

American companies and institutions have utilized the notoriously abused H-1B work visa program to staff diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices, according to documents released by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo. “I’ve reviewed numerous examples of hospitals, universities and other employers hiring foreign H-1B workers as DEI bureaucrats,” Schmitt said on social media. “Examples range from large banks and law firms to universities, healthcare systems, and even municipal park districts. Obviously, DEI positions are plainly non-technical and ideological in nature, and appear to fall outside the ‘specialty occupation’ intent of the H-1B statute.” The senator’s office reviewed H-1B visa applications submitted...

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