Under a presidential proclamation issued on September 19, new H-1B petitions filed after September 21 would require employers to pay a supplemental fee of $100,000 per petition in order for the beneficiary to enter the United States.
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At the beginning of October Starbucks unveiled their protein packed drink menu, charging a premium to add protein to your coffee. This trend has been sweeping the food industry for years making everything into a high protein option. This begs the question, does everything need to be high protein?
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A quick note on scope and confusion: early analyses suggest the $100k surcharge focuses on new H-1B petitions, not extensions or changes for folks already here. But the rollout has been murky, so legal teams are treating guidance updates like breaking news. That uncertainty is itself a cost—hiring freezes while lawyers parse memos.
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The United States first put a price on information leading to Nicolás Maduro’s capture on March 26, 2020, when federal prosecutors in New York unsealed narco-terrorism and drug-trafficking indictments against the Venezuelan leader and several allies.
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This week brought the sharpest movement in months: Donald Trump said Xi Jinping has “approved” a deal a U.S.-controlled TikTok that would avert a shutdown. Beijing hasn’t confirmed that narrative, and reporting remains split on whether there’s a final agreement or just a political green light to keep negotiating. In short: momentum, not closure.
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In a devastating escalation of Sudan’s ongoing civil war, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched coordinated assaults on displacement camps and the city of El Fasher in North Darfur, resulting in the deaths of over 300 civilians, including at least 20 children and nine humanitarian workers, according to United Nations reports .
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On April 2, 2025, President Donald J. Trump announced a sweeping set of tariffs affecting imports from over 180 countries. Markets reacted negatively, with major indexes plunging and multinational companies experiencing steep declines.
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March 23 marked the end of Pope Francis’ thirty-eight-day hospital stay and his first public appearance since entering the Agosto Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital on February 14. During his stay at Gemelli, the Pope was treated for serious issues with his respiratory tract, issues which were near-fatal on several occasions.
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Donald Trump has threatened to pull the United States out of the over 75 year long alliance with 32 countries across North America and Europe. This alliance is known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, and was formed in 1949 as a response to the global threat that was the Soviet Union.
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The President of The United States of America, Donald Trump, faced a harsh rejection from Mute Egede, the current Prime Minister of Greenland. The rejection came in light of comments made by Trump in regards to the annexation of Greenland.
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