At NASA headquarters in Washington, just a mile from the U.S. Capitol, employees returned to an infestation of cockroaches and some are working in chairs with no desks, according to two people familiar with conditions there. In a private chat, staffers at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services likened the hunt for desks in some regional … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Feb 07, 2025) WASHINGTON: A US-funded transgender clinic in Hyderabad is among the thousands of programs fed into the “woodchipper” as Donald Trump‘s MAGA minions led by Elon Musk gutted USAID, the US government’s main foreign aid agency, summarily firing most of 10,000 plus work force in the US … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the US illegally who have been accused of crimes. He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the “worst criminal aliens” to a detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The … Read more
The US Department of Defense will consider granting honourable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual veterans who were barred from serving in the military because of their sexual orientation, legal filings showed on Monday. Honourable discharges could make the veterans eligible for medical and other benefits. The department and five plaintiffs jointly moved … Read more
Elon Musk has received support from President-elect Donald Trump on his stance on H-1B visas, a day after the tech billionaire vowed to “go to war” to defend the programme used to bring skilled foreign workers to the US. Mr. Musk, who along with Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has been tapped by Mr. Trump to … Read more
A resurfaced video from 2010 showing Donald Trump giving life advice to his then-four-year-old son, Barron, has captured the internet’s attention, offering a glimpse into the family dynamic of the former president long before his time in the White House. The clip, originally from an episode of Larry King Live on CNN, showcases a tender … Read more
Republican US Senator Markwayne Mullin called on the House of Representatives on Sunday to share an unreleased ethics report into alleged sexual misconduct involving a 17-year-old girl by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general. Gaetz, 42, resigned his seat in the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday, hours after Trump unveiled his choice of … Read more
For all the bold talk of tariffs and price controls, the economic legacy of the next president will mostly depend on something far more mundane: the tax code — specifically, the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act, much of which will expire next year. Whoever is in the White House, working with whichever party controls … Read more
A 14-year-old Florida boy, Sewell Setzer III, tragically died by suicide after months of communicating with an AI chatbot from the app Character.AI. His final message to the chatbot, named Daenerys Targaryen, was, “What if I told you I could come home right now?” Shortly after, he took his life with his stepfather’s handgun in … Read more
As the US government faces a potential shutdown on October 1, many essential services are at risk of disruption. Federal employees, particularly those not deemed essential, may be told not to work, and their paychecks could be delayed. However, certain services and workers would continue to operate, even under a shutdown. Why the US Government … Read more