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President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 19, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump launched an immigration Gold Card and instituted a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applicants, with executive orders he signed in the Oval Office on Sept. 19.

He said the orders will “reduce our taxes greatly and hopefully bring some great people into our country.”

Foreigners eligible for permanent resident status and interested in a Gold Card will pay an unspecified, nonrefundable processing fee, undergo comprehensive vetting by the Department of Homeland Security, and pay a $1 million contribution to receive expedited U.S. residency.

Those selected for inclusion in the program will receive EB-1 or EB-2 visas, as determined by the background review. All visas, including the Gold Card, are revocable based on national security risks and other criminal activity.

A Corporate Gold Card is available for $2 million per worker for corporations to sponsor employees. (More)

More Politics:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should recommend that people receive a COVID-19 vaccine only after speaking with a health care provider, agency advisers said on Friday.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimously advised the CDC to change its immunization schedules to move COVID-19 vaccination to shared clinical decision-making.

For most tiers of recommendations on the schedule, the default decision should be to vaccinate the patient based on age group or other indication, unless contraindicated, the CDC states. “For shared clinical decision-making recommendations, there is no default.” Instead, vaccinations “are individually based and informed by a decision process between the health care provider and the patient or parent/guardian.”

ACIP provides advice to the CDC. The CDC’s acting director can choose to accept the advice, accept it after changing it, or reject it entirely. It’s not clear when that decision will happen.

The CDC in May stopped recommending COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women and healthy children, under orders from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It currently recommends that all adults other than pregnant women, as well as children who are moderately or severely immunocompromised, receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Food and Drug Administration recently rescinded emergency authorization for the vaccines and issued updated approvals. Those moves resulted in regulators clearing the vaccines for people aged 65 and older, as well as people aged six months to 64 years who have a risk condition as defined by the CDC. (More)

NATO fighter jets intercepted three Russian MiG-31 warplanes that crossed into Estonian airspace on Friday prompting the Baltic nation to request urgent alliance consultations under Article 4 of the NATO treaty over what Estonian officials said was a “brazen” and “totally unacceptable” incursion.

Estonia’s Foreign Ministry said the jets entered its airspace near Vaindloo Island in the Gulf of Finland without permission and remained there for 12 minutes. Their transponders were switched off, no flight plans were filed, and they were not in contact with air traffic controllers, officials said.

“This is an unprecedented and brazen intrusion—clear proof of Russia’s growing aggression,” Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said. “Such actions cannot be tolerated and must be met with swift political and economic pressure.”

Col. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesperson at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, said Italian F-35s deployed to Estonia under NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission scrambled to intercept the intruders, while Sweden and Finland also launched quick-reaction aircraft.

“This is not the type of behavior one would expect from a professional air force,” O’Donnell said in a statement, with NATO spokesperson Allison Hart calling the incident another example of “reckless Russian behavior.”

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the alliance’s response under its Eastern Sentry system was “quick and decisive.”

The Russian Defense Ministry did not immediately comment. (More)

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A United States military band takes part in Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 19, 2025. For the first time an American military band takes part in the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

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The walking scowl known as Ove (Rolf Lassgard), in “A Man Called Ove.” (GJW+)

There’s usually always one—that one neighbor who monitors trash bins like a military operation, memorizes every parking violation on the block, and somehow believes your dog’s bark is a direct attack on social order. Enter Ove (Rolf Lassgard). This Swede is 59 years old and determined to personally audit the universe for any signs of disorder or mild cheerfulness.

Ove is not exactly what you’d call approachable, unless your idea of small talk involves being scolded for improperly borrowing a ladder. Despite his advanced curmudgeonry and a collection of grudges organized like fine china, life refuses to let him sulk in peace.

His days of brooding, sulking, and tightly scheduled despair are suddenly disrupted by a new neighbor, Parvaneh (Bahar Pars). Parvaneh, an Iranian immigrant, crashes her car into Ove’s mailbox within minutes of arrival. Rather than apologize and retreat, she pushes into his world with unflinching kindness and patience.

Their early interactions are some of the film’s most memorable: Ove barking in Swedish and Parvaneh, who’s pregnant, loud, and endlessly direct, replying in Farsi-laced resolve. Her husband Patrick (Tobias Almborg), well-meaning but hopelessly clumsy, tries to help but mostly complicates things.

Before Ove can escape back into his despair, he finds himself begrudgingly helping with childcare, house repairs, and driving lessons. He asked for none of these tasks, but they all chip away at his icy armor. (More)

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