The U.S. State Department has begun laying off over 1,300 employees as part of a broader reorganization effort that will ultimately reduce the agency’s domestic workforce by nearly 3,000. The move, aligned with President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy, aims to cut redundancies and reshape the department’s operations to focus more on domestic interests and…
In a sweeping escalation of the Trump administration’s ongoing clash with U.S. higher education institutions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. embassies worldwide to pause scheduling new student visa interviews pending expanded social media screening requirements. The directive, communicated through a diplomatic cable Tuesday, has sparked legal and academic alarm over its potential…
In a significant move on Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to pass bipartisan legislation aimed at compelling TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the popular social media platform within six months or risk facing a ban in the United States. The bill received overwhelming support with a final vote count of 352-65, comfortably…