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Asia
US-China Summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping Arrives in the US
MAR-A-LAGO, FL (TIP): US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their high-stakes summit at Trump’s Florida beach resort on Thursday, April 6 evening, with the volatile situation in Syria where Syrian government […]
Politics
Senate Republicans exercise Nuclear option to confirm Gorsuch
WASHINGTON (TIP): Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., set a new precedent in the Senate that will ease the confirmation for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Friday, after 30 more hours of debate […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Senator Harris Urges President Trump to Abandon ACA Repeal Efforts
WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris joined colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump urging him and his administration to abandon their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and undermine the United […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Denounces Trump’s Executive Order Rolling Back American Commitment to Growing Green Technology Sector
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi denounced President Trump’s executive order eliminating President Obama’s climate-change protections as an attack on the growing green economy and as another example of the Trump administration‘s effort to […]
Business & Economics
Computer Programmer not a specialty occupation? – USCIS will Investigate, Call for RFE’s
USCIS released a policy memorandum on March 31, 2017, Recession of the December 22, 2000 “Guidance Memo on H-1B computer related positions” to clarify its approach on computer programmer position and whether it qualifies as […]
Business & Economics
Foreign Tech Workers On Edge As Donald Trump Cracks Down On H-1B Visa Program That Feeds Silicon Valley
The U.S. administration began to deliver on President Donald Trump‘s campaign promise to crack down on a work visa program that channels thousands of skilled overseas workers to companies across the technology industry. Fed up […]
Politics
Ro Khanna’s take on Trump’s Budget Proposal – Its “Dumb” & “Inhumane”
Washington: Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has termed as “dumb” some of the budget proposals of US President Donald Trump and described the move to cut foreign aid as “inhumane”. Khanna, the first-time Democratic lawmaker elected to […]
United States
Moms, Dads, Students: Know Your Rights
Too many of our public school students and their families are living in fear. They don’t know how new immigration policies coming from Washington might affect them. They worry about what might happen if Immigration […]
United States
ICE is targeting ‘sanctuary cities’ with raids: Source
DALLAS (TIP): Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been targeting so-called “sanctuary cities” with increased enforcement operations in an effort to pressure those jurisdictions to cooperate with federal immigration agents, a senior US immigration official with […]
Featured
Trump-Russia investigation erodes the U.S. President’s credibility
The first open hearing into the alleged links between the campaign of Donald Trump and unnamed parties associated with the Russian government kicked off this week, even as the President put out a series of […]
Indian Americans
Don’t use hateful language: Indian American Congressman to Trump
Worried about frequent hate crimes against Indian-origin people in the US, a senior Indian-American Congressman has urged President Donald Trump to refrain from using Islamophobic language that pits one group against another. “We’re certainly hearing […]
Politics
United States
USCIS suspends Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions
Starting April 3, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions, a statement issued by the USCIS stated. This suspension may last up to 6 months. While H-1B […]
Featured
Case of the ‘stolen seat’: US Supreme Court Judge Gorsuch vs President Trump
“One of the first acts of the new President Donald Trump was to announce the nomination of Judge Gorsuch, described by one columnist as ‘Scalia:2’! While the description may not quite hold true (as many […]
Politics
Federal Judges Block President Trump’s Revised Executive Order on Travel Ban
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hours before it was to take effect, President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban was put on hold March 15 by a federal judge in Hawaii after hearing arguments that the executive order discriminates […]
Business & Economics
Americas
Canada allocates $650 Million for Global Reproductive Health
The money will help replace what President Trump cut when he took office OTTAWA (TIP): On International Women’s Day, March 8, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada will contribute $650 million over the next three […]
Indian Americans
Indian man’s house trashed with dog poop, racial messages
PEYTON (TIP): An incident of possible hate crime has come to light in a US town where a house of an Indian man was trashed with eggs, dog poop and hate messages. The Federal Bureau […]
Politics
Politics
An Untrumpian Trump Asks Congress to End ‘Trivial Fights’ in his first Address to Congress
It was not the Trump Americans have known who addressed the joint session of Congress on February 28 night, He disappointed many by being so untrumpian. It was a different Trump that night whocalled on […]
Featured
Measured rhetoric: President Trump’s gaffe-less surprise
US President Donald Trump sounded upbeat as he addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time. He condemned the murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in Kansas by a white veteran, […]
United States
Donald Trump reverses Barack Obama ban on private prisons
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald Trump‘s administration on Thursday reinstated the use of private prisons for federal inmates, saying commercial prison operators are needed for the correctional system’s “future needs.” Trump’s new attorney general, Jeff Sessions, […]
United States
Donald Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Trump administration has ended federal protections for transgender students that instructed schools to allow them to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities. Stepping into an emotional national debate, the […]
United States
Meet Lt Gen McMaster, Trump’s New National Security Advisor
Herbert Raymond “H.R.” McMaster has been picked to serve as President DonaldTrump’s new national security adviser. The active duty 3-star Army general is expected to have a relatively easy confirmation process, as he is widely […]