Washington, April 4 (IANS) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the green cards of two foreign nationals linked to the family of Qasem Soleimani, with U.S. authorities detaining them and initiating removal proceedings, the State Department said. Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were arrested by federal agents after their lawful permanent resident status was terminated. Both are now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).“Until recently, Hamid…
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Washington, March 30 (IANS) A prolonged funding standoff over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has disrupted US airports, with officials warning of mounting strain as hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers quit and others call in sick during a partial government shutdown now in its 44th day. The White House on Sunday moved to ease the pressure by redirecting funds to pay TSA workers, but the political deadlock shows no sign of resolution, with US Congress away…
Washington, March 29 (IANS) A funding standoff has disrupted US airports, with thousands of federal workers unpaid, as White House border czar Tom Homan said Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staff will only be paid “as soon as Congress opens up the government and funds the Department of Homeland Security”. Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Homan said efforts were underway to ensure TSA workers receive pay soon, but stressed that a broader resolution depends on the US Congress.”As soon as Co…
Washington, March 24 (IANS) President Donald Trump went to Memphis to celebrate a sharp reported drop in violent crime, and used the moment to argue that aggressive federal intervention can restore order in troubled American cities.At a roundtable on Monday, Trump presented the city as a model for his law-and-order approach.“We’ve achieved one of the largest, fastest declines in violent crime ever recorded,” Trump said, citing a 60 per cent drop in robberies, a 74 per cent fall in carjacki…
Washington, March 23 (IANS) Long security lines and growing passenger frustration hit major US airports as the Trump administration moved to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to help ease pressure on the Transportation Security Administration during the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.White House border czar Tom Homan told CNN that ICE agents would begin deploying to airports on Monday and would assist with security at entrances and exits to reduce TSA’s burden as staf…
Washington, March 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he would oppose any deal with Democrats unless they back a sweeping legislative package he called the “Save America Act,” tying a range of contentious policy demands to ongoing negotiations in Washington.In a post on social media, Trump said: “I don’t think we should make any deal with the Crazy, Country Destroying, Radical Left Democrats unless, and until, they Vote with Republicans to pass ‘THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.’”He descr…
Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to provide security at airports amid an ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has dragged on for more than a month and left regular security personnel going unpaid.Trump wrote on Truth Social that if Democrats did not “immediately sign an agreement,” “I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Securit…
New York, March 18 (IANS) Raja Krishnamoorthi, a moderate Democrat member of the House of Representatives but a strong critic of President Donald Trump, narrowly lost the Illinois primaries for the party’s Senate nomination.He conceded in a statement Tuesday night that Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton had won.At 10 pm local time in Illinois three hours after the polls closed, when Stratton was ahead of him by about 6 per cent with about 85 per cent of the votes counted, Krishnamoo…
Washington, March 10 (IANS) The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced a new policy barring foreign nationals and non-citizens from accessing federally backed small business loans, saying the move is aimed at prioritising American entrepreneurs amid rising demand for capital.The policy expands earlier restrictions and will apply across multiple SBA-guaranteed lending programmes, including the agency’s Surety Bond and Microloan programmes. Under the updated rule, applicants must b…
Los Angeles, March 7 (IANS) Hollywood actor Ben Stiller is pulling up the official White House social media account. The social media account used a clip from ‘Tropic Thunder’. Ben Stiller, 60, shared a statement to X, formerly Twitter, after Trump’s White House posted a video featuring a compilation of several movies and TV shows including ‘Top Gun’, ‘Superman’, ‘Transformers’, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Iron Man’ and more, including Stiller’s 2008 comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’, cut…