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Trump’s visa fee sparks rare bipartisan interest in immigration legislation
Lawmakers have been trying to pass legislative fixes for the H-1B program for years. By Hailey Fuchs 10/14/2025 04:45 AM EDT President Donald Trump’s efforts to impose a massive new fee for employers seeking to hire foreign workers in high-skill fields have reenergized congressional Republicans’ efforts to pass legislation strengthening the controversial visa program. After years…
Memphis task force using TN ‘buffer law,’ preventing up-close recording of police activity
The new law went into effect on July 1 By: Adam Friedman October 14, 2025 Hunter Demster pulled out his phone at a gas station in Memphis to record over half a dozen men in bulletproof vests gathered around the flashing blue lights of a Tennessee Highway Patrol car. Then one of those officers stepped…
Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent
October 13, 2025 12:57 PM ET Meg Anderson There are countless videos on social media showing similar scenes. One, filmed by a photographer in Hyattsville, Md., shows a man pinned to the ground by two ICE officers. He pleads in Spanish and English for someone to help him. During the incident, one of the officers drops his…
Gov. Abbott threatens to withhold funding over rainbow crosswalks, other ‘political’ road markings
By Lucio Vasquez | The Texas Newsroom Published October 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM CDT Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas Department of Transportation to make sure cities and counties remove rainbow crosswalks and other non-standard road markings that, according to the governor, promote “political ideologies.” “Texans expect their taxpayer dollars to be…
In D.C., LGBTQ homelessness on the rise despite overall decline
37 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ, up from 2024 October 8, 2025 By Lou Chibbaro Jr. The annual 2025 Point-In-Time (PIT) count of homeless people in the District of Columbia conducted in January shows there was an overall 9 percent decrease in homelessness in the city compared to 2024. But the annual count,…
Hair loss, jock itch and toenail fungus: The millions taxpayers spend in VA ‘disability’ benefits each year
Agency has seen explosion in disability claims for the treatment of ailments with seemingly few ties to combat Josh Marcus Tuesday 07 October 2025 02:36 BST From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump…
White House Plan Could Eliminate Age as Factor for Social Security Eligibility
Sources say the changes to Social Security are “a priority” for Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought. By Chris Walker Published October 7, 2025 A new report suggests that the Trump White House is planning on drastically changing how the Social Security Administration (SSA) calculates whether a person is eligible for disability payments,…
Could controversial King County Crisis Care Center cost taxpayers more than planned?
Chris Daniels Updated Tue, October 7th 2025 at 4:54 AM SEATTLE — If you can stand at the corner of Broadway and Union, you can see how Seattle is at a crossroads. A man is standing at a bus stop smoking fentanyl, as school kids walk by, fresh from a meal at 206 Burger, owned by…
Supreme Court seems highly doubtful of limits on conversion therapy for minors
Updated October 7, 2025 7:31 PM ET Nina Totenberg The Supreme Court seemed ready on Tuesday to side with an Evangelical Christian therapist who objects to a Colorado law that she maintains violates her free speech rights. If the court rules in her favor, the decision could invalidate laws in some two dozen states that…