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Trump’s Border Crackdown Is Wreaking Havoc on the World Cup

Trump’s Border Crackdown Is Wreaking Havoc on the World Cup

Published by skeptic

Even before the first whistle blows, the 2026 World Cup—taking place from June 11 to July 19 across the United States, Canada, and Mexico—already has winners and losers away from the field. Specifically, at the border, at passport control, in consular offices, and at US airports. Here, amidst denied visas, prolonged checks, and contested entries, a parallel competition is emerging where human rights are at stake. This World Cup was meant to be a global celebration of soccer in North America. For the first time in history, the tournament is being held in three different countries, a move meant to unite the entire continent and turn the World Cup into an even more inclusive event. But restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration are impeding those goals. Players, managers, and referees are coming up against some harsh realities even before they take the field. Currently, 39 countries face full or partial US travel bans, and four of them—Haiti, Iran, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire are set to play in the World Cup. So far, incidents involving …

Trump’s meeting with Orthodox Christian patriarch sows confusion

Trump’s meeting with Orthodox Christian patriarch sows confusion

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, met with President Donald Trump last week in the White House and awarded him one of the highest honors in the church, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.  In return, Theophilos came out of the meeting with an honor of his own, the suggestion of becoming a peacemaker in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, apparently backed by Trump, Israeli media reported.  The news left many observers scratching their heads. In the constellation of Orthodox Church leaders, Theophilos is seen as solidly in Russia’s camp. The patriarch is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow later this month. The Ukraine-Russia war is the largest conflict affecting the world’s Orthodox Christians today, with majorities of both Russia and Ukraine’s population identifying with Orthodox churches.  The conflict has divided the wider Orthodox world too, after the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted autocephaly to a Ukrainian Orthodox Church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate, prompting Moscow to break communion with Constantinople and forcing many of …

Trump’s obsession with SAVE America Act puts MAGA’s pressure on John Thune

Trump’s obsession with SAVE America Act puts MAGA’s pressure on John Thune

Published by Sam Flores

President Trump’s redoubled efforts to oust the Senate parliamentarian and pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act are putting new pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who has had a hot-and-cold relationship with Trump over the years and is becoming a target of criticism from the MAGA base. Thune, who isn’t up… Source link

Barron Trump’s new energy drink hits store shelves – but it comes with an eye-watering price tag

Barron Trump’s new energy drink hits store shelves – but it comes with an eye-watering price tag

Published by Sam Flores

Barron Trump’s new energy drinks are officially for sale — but interested customers will have to pay nearly $40 to get themselves a pack. Sollos, an energy drink company run by the president’s youngest son and four other business partners, launched its first product last month. The pineapple and coconut-flavored Yerba Mate drink will cost customers $39 for a 12-pack, which comes out to $3.25 a piece, according to the company’s website. Customers can snag the drinks online or in stores across southern Florida. Some social media users have called out the price, with users labelling it “absurd” or a “grift,” according to the media site SheFinds. One user wrote: “12 pack for $39? Insane.” SEC filings uncovered earlier this year listed Trump, a 20-year-old student at New York University’s Stern School of Business, as one of the company’s directors. The address registered to the company sits in Palm Beach, near the Trump family’s Mar-a-Lago property. The company will “only have one recipe” for the foreseeable future, a Sollos spokesperson told The Independent in April. …

Poll: Trust in federal health agencies dropped sharply during Trump’s first year

Poll: Trust in federal health agencies dropped sharply during Trump’s first year

Published by Sam Flores

A year into the second Trump administration, trust in federal health institutions, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in particular, has declined considerably while also becoming deeply partisan, according to a new poll.  The poll, conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the de Beaumont Foundation’s Public Health Listening Lab, found… Source link

Federal judge strikes down Trump’s 0,000 fee on new H-1B visas : NPR

Federal judge strikes down Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas : NPR

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In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo, people arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP BOSTON — A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike. The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. But U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston sided with 20 states and struck down the visa policy, concluding that the executive branch exceeded its authority and violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which governs how federal agencies develop and issue regulations. “The Court finds that the Policy imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the requisite delegation by Congress,” Sorokin wrote. H-1B visas are meant for high-skilled jobs that are difficult to find American workers to fill. Deep-pocketed technology companies are the biggest users, with nearly three-quarters of approvals going to workers from …