The United States and Britain are expected to announce a trade deal on Thursday that will lower the burden of President Trump's sweeping tariffs and deliver a political victory for U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The State Department had revoked about 1,500 visas throughout the United States as of late April, Inside Higher Ed estimates. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has investigated some of them, and some will be asked to leave or be deported if they have broken the conditions of their student status per U.S. immigration law. A small […]
The Temporary Protected Status program, established under the Immigration Act of 1990, was designed as a humanitarian mechanism to provide temporary refuge for nationals of countries facing extraordinary conditions, such as armed conflict or natural disasters, that prevent safe return. The statute, codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1254a, grants the Secretary of Homeland Security sole […]
Former first lady Jill Biden defended herself amid questions over her husband's fitness for office during the 2024 presidential campaign, saying she didn’t create a “cocoon” around him. “Naturally, you are your husband's fiercest advocate and a close adviser, and it's been reported that you created a sort of cocoon around him and kind of...
President Trump on Thursday touted how a trade agreement with the United Kingdom would benefit the British car industry, particularly luxury brands like Rolls-Royce and Bentley. As part of a trade deal announced in the Oval Office, the U.S. agreed to lower tariffs on British car imports from 25 percent to 10 percent. "We took...
Most California voters say Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has focused more on a potential bid for the White House than his work in the governor’s mansion, according to a new poll. In Wednesday's poll from the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at the University of California, Berkeley, 54 percent of respondents said that amid Newsom’s...
A freshman Democrat has introduced legislation to protect land-grant universities in an effort to block some of the White House’s steps to reduce federal funding for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Ala.) on Thursday introduced the Land-Grant Institution Parity Act, which would prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture or any other federal...
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 running mate, Nicole Shanahan, said late Wednesday that someone is “controlling” his decisions after President Trump named chronic disease entrepreneur Casey Means as his new surgeon general nominee. In a post on X, Shanahan called the announcement “strange,” adding that she was “promised” neither...