Sep 20 WATCH: Trump signs order that adds $100K annual fee to H-1B visas for high-skilled workers By Barbara Ortutay, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a $100,000 annual visa fee for highly-skilled foreign workers and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a pathway to U.S. citizenship for wealthy individuals, moves that… Continue reading
Sep 19 How RFK Jr.'s hand-picked CDC advisory panel voted on COVID vaccines and more By Laura Santhanam The unpredictable meeting followed a full shakeup by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to rid the expert advisory panel of what he claims are the pharmaceutical industry’s corporate interests. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 4:40 News Wrap: Vaccine panel declines to recommend COVID shots this fall In our news wrap Friday, Health Secretary Kennedy's overhauled panel of vaccine advisers declined to recommend COVID shots for this fall, Estonia says three Russian fighter jets violated its airspace in the third attempt by Moscow to test NATO's eastern… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 3:21 Stopgap measures to avoid government shutdown fail in Senate By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura House Republicans voted on their plan to avoid a government shutdown with a temporary, seven-week funding bill. But within hours, that was blocked by Democrats in the Senate. Their own plan for extending funding also fell short. So what does… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 11:18 Brooks and Capehart on censorship and authoritarianism By William Brangham New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show and whether the government is taking another dangerous step into censorship and authoritarianism. Continue watching
Sep 19 DOJ asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 300,000 Venezuelan migrants By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing it to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants. Continue reading
Sep 19 What you need to know about the government's 10% stake in Intel By Hannah Grabenstein Though the government has purchased portions of U.S. companies before, in recent history it was typically to save major corporations and protect the economy. Continue reading
Sep 19 Senate confirms former national security adviser Mike Waltz as Trump's UN ambassador By Farnoush Amiri, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Waltz served for mere weeks as Trump’s national security adviser before he was ousted in May after mistakenly adding a journalist to a private Signal chat used to discuss sensitive military plans. Continue reading
Sep 19 Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel decides not to run for governor in 2026 By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press Former Ohio State football coach and current Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel said Friday he won’t run for Ohio governor in 2026, easing the path toward a Republican nomination for biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Continue reading
Sep 19 Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Democrats accused Republicans of not negotiating with them to address some of their priorities on health care. Republicans said Democrats were making demands that would dramatically increase spending and were not germane to the core issue. Continue reading