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President Donald Trump signed executive orders to launch an immigration Gold Card and institute a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applicants.
Ninety five House Democrats joined their GOP colleagues on Friday in supporting a resolution to honor the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk and condemn his assassination.
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.
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.
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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 president said that China had approved the sale of TikTok, but did not share finalized terms of a deal.
A federal district judge in Florida threw out President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
Several late-night TV show hostsaddressed ABC’s decision to suspend fellow host Jimmy Kimmel after he made comments about the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk earlier in the week.
The U.S. Senate failed to advance a House-passed bill to fund the government, less than two weeks before a shutdown deadline.
U.S. military forces carried out their third strike against an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean.
Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.)introduced a resolution on Friday aimed at halting U.S. military strikes on drug trafficking operations in the Caribbean, saying the actions were launched without congressional approval.
The U.S. Department of Education has placed Harvard University under financial stability monitoring, demanding the Ivy League school to post a guarantee that its federal debt will be repaid.
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)
More World News:
China is using water cannon attacks and an environmental guise in an attempt to legitimize its de facto control over parts of the South China Sea—a strategy that experts warn threatens to weaken regional sovereignty, erode maritime law, and destabilize the Indo-Pacific.
Patients suffering from respiratory infections, especially asthma attacks, have soared in at least six provinces and municipalities across mainland China, overwhelming hospital emergency rooms. Chinese health authorities have attributed the wave of infections to “thunderstorm asthma.”
China’s state-run media outlets are pushing an anti-Israel narrative built around a public confrontation in which a Chinese scholar clashed with an Israeli military officer over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Fertility rates have plummeted worldwide over the past six decades, leading experts to warn of dire consequences as the downward trend continues.
The European Union has unveiled a sweeping new sanctions package against Russia aimed at choking off the Kremlin’s revenues from fossil fuels and tightening restrictions on banks, technology exports, and foreign firms accused of helping Moscow circumvent previous measures.
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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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