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White House commences shutdown plans as Democrats block funding package

Trump and congressional leaders showed no outward signs of working toward a deal or a face-saving off-ramp

US government is headed towards a shutdown: Here's all you need to know

Members of the Democratic party want a short extension of funding so they can also push for healthcare tax breaks that keep insurance costs lower for 24 million US citizens

Donald Trump to meet top Democrats as both sides dig in on shutdown

The bill at issue would only fund the government until mid-November and must pass before Oct. 1

Datanomics: How Indians became globally vital to US STEM workforce

Foreign-born STEM workers now make up nearly a quarter of the US workforce, with Indians leading both in employment and student enrollment in STEM fields

White House tells federal agencies to prepare for job cuts in shutdown

The move would represent a substantial escalation beyond normal shutdown protocols in recent years

H-1B visa new rules: White House says $100,000 fee only for new applicants

The H1-B visa fee of USD 100,000 would be applicable only to new applicants, a White House official clarified on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation raising the fee on the visas used by companies to hire workers, including from India, to live and work in the US. The H-1B fee is likely to face legal challenges. But if it survives, companies that hire skilled international workers would have to pay USD 100,000 each year for any employee working on the visa, for up to six years. The fee applies only to new applicants, a White House official said, according to a report in the New York Times. In a sudden move that will hugely impact skilled Indian professionals in the US, President Donald Trump ordered a steep hike in the annual H-1B non-immigrant visa fee to USD 100,000. As the Presidential proclamation that takes effect at 12.01 am EDT on September 21 sparked panic and outcry, immigration attorneys and companies asked the H-1B visa holders or their family

Vance hosts Kirk's radio show from White House to honour his 'friend'

Vice President JD Vance on Monday hosted the radio programme of Charlie Kirk, the influential conservative activist who was assassinated last week, telling listeners that the best way he knows how to honour his friend is to be a better husband and father. Vance hosted The Charlie Kirk Show from his ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House. The livestream of the two-hour programme was broadcast in the White House press briefing room and featured a series of appearances by White House and administration officials who knew the 31-year-old Kirk. Vance, who transported Kirk's body home to Arizona aboard Air Force Two last week, opened by saying he was filling in for somebody who cannot be filled in for, but I'll do my best. The Republican vice president, 41, was especially close to Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, one of the nation's largest political organisations with chapters on high school and college campuses. The two began a friendshi

White House seeks $58 million security boost after Charlie Kirk shooting

The request to include the extra funding in an upcoming stopgap bill comes ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline when the current federal spending law runs out

Trump downplays his letter to Epstein released by Dems; calls it 'nonsense'

The document, shared on House Democrats' X account, reignited an uproar against the Trump administration for its handling of the Epstein case

Democrats release Trump's allegedly signed letter to sex offender Epstein

White House denied that Trump wrote the letter or created a drawing of a woman inside which the lewd note was written. It called the report false, malicious, and defamatory

Hot mic catches Zuckerberg admitting his $600 bn vow to Trump was a guess

At a White House dinner, Mark Zuckerberg pledged $600 bn US investment but a hot mic later caught him telling Trump he had guessed the number, sparking viral reactions

Trump's dinner with tech CEOs: Which Indian-origin bosses among attendees?

Top technology executives praised Donald Trump on Thursday at a rare White House dinner where the US President hosted leading figures in artificial intelligence

Trump hosts top tech CEOs at White House dinner, Musk absent from list

US President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. This is taking our country to a new level, he said at the centre of a long table surrounded by what he described as high IQ people". It was the latest example of a delicate two-way courtship between Trump and tech leaders, several of whom attended his inauguration. Trump has exulted in the attention from some of the world's most successful businesspeople, while the companies are eager to remain on the good side of the mercurial president. While the executives praised Trump and talked about their hopes for technological advancement, the Republican president was focused on dollar signs. He went around the table and asked executives how much they were investing in the country. Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, who sat to Trump's right, said USD 600 billion. Apple

House committee releases some Epstein files as survivors meet lawmakers

The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, responding to mounting pressure in Congress to force more disclosure in the case. Still, the files mostly contain information that was already publicly known or available. The folders contained hundreds of image files of years-old court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell. They also included video files appearing to be body cam footage from police searches as well as recordings and summaries of law enforcement interviews with victims detailing the abuse they said they suffered. The committee's release of the files showed how lawmakers are eager to act as they return to Washington after a monthlong break. They quickly revived a political clash that has flummoxed House Republican leadership and roiled President Donald Trump's administration. House Republican Speaker Mike

Datanomics: Navarro's jibe rekindles Indian-Americans' caste discourse

Caste has occasionally surfaced as a point of tension among Indian Americans

Who were Boston Brahmins? Navarro's remark revives debate on elite class

White House aide Peter Navarro's jibe on 'Brahmins' while defending US tariffs on India has triggered debate, raising questions over what he meant by the term

Two great countries will get this solved: Bessent on India-US trade ties

US Treasury Secretary warns of fresh tariffs, calls SCO 'performative'; Trump says India's high duties block US firms while it buys oil and arms from Russia

White House moves forward on plans for a Department of War: Reports

Trump raised the idea of rebranding the Defense Department as the 'Department of War' while speaking with reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, saying it 'just sounded to me better'

White House moves forward on plans for 'Department of War': Report

Restoring the Department of War name for the government's largest department would likely require congressional action, but the White House is exploring alternative methods to implement the change

Trump to address 80th UN General Assembly on Sept 23: White House

Trump has addressed the UNGA multiple times during his first term as US President from 2017 to 2021