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Here’s why experts think Trump took ‘a sledgehammer’ to the H-1B visa worker program

By Hannah Grabenstein

Business leaders support the visas as a way to bring talent to the U.S., while others say the program allows companies to hire foreign workers at lower wages than they would pay Americans.

National Flood Insurance Program is set to expire with government shutdown, halting new policies and some home loans

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press

During a roughly 30-day freeze in June 2010, the National Association of Realtors estimated 1,400 home sales were canceled or delayed each day.

What the government’s phase-out of paper checks means for you

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The U.S. government is phasing out paper checks for most programs. The change starts Tuesday and affects recipients of benefits like Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and tax refunds.

Prosecutors seeking an 11-year prison sentence for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

Prosecutors filed their sentencing recommendation early Tuesday, along with letters from some of his accusers describing how his violence and demands had impacted their lives.

Federal judge rules Trump unconstitutionally targeted Gaza war protesters for deportation

By Michael Casey, Associated Press

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration ’s efforts to deport noncitizens for protesting the war in Gaza was unconstitutional.

Judge pauses Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of Voice of America jobs

By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth also blocked Lake from removing Michael Abramowitz as VOA's director.

U.S. job openings in August were essentially unchanged amid economic uncertainty

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

Job openings remain at healthy levels but have fallen steadily since peaking at a record 12.1 million in March 2022 as the U.S. economy roared back from COVID-19 lockdowns.

U.S. consumer confidence declines again as Americans worry about inflation, job market

By Matt Ott, Associated Press

The drop is bigger than analysts were expecting and the lowest reading since April, when President Donald Trump rolled out his sweeping tariff policy.

Family says a Mexican man shot at a Dallas ICE facility has died

By Associated Press

The Mexican man was one of three detainees shot in the Sept. 24 attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas.

YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump’s account suspension after Jan. 6 attack

By Barbara Ortutay, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Alphabet, the parent of Google, is the third major technology company to settle a volley of lawsuits that Trump brought for what he alleged had unfairly muzzled him after his first term as president ended in January 2021.