The University of Michigan is scrapping its once-vaunted program for diversity, equity and inclusion as the Trump administration pressures colleges to abandon such efforts and after months of criticism over its cost and effectiveness. The school said it would discontinue its so-called DEI 2.0 plan effective immediately, according to a statement on Thursday. It will … Read more
Georgetown: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday the State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas and warned that the Trump administration was looking every day for “these lunatics” after Washington this week detained and revoked the visa of a Turkish student at Tufts University. Rubio’s comments were in response to … Read more
Washington: Usha Vance was due to be watching a traditional dogsled race in Greenland, promoting US soft power. Instead, she found herself at the center of spiralling tensions over the Danish autonomous territory. The US “Second Lady” was forced to abandon plans for her first major solo foreign trip, and is now accompanying her husband, … Read more
San Diego: With Russian troops ravaging their native Kharkiv, Nikita Demydov and his wife Alina were offered a way out when the United States welcomed them and their five-year-old daughter as part of a humanitarian program. But that welcome is now being withdrawn under President Donald Trump, whose administration has suspended “Uniting for Ukraine,” which … Read more
An audio clip of JD Vance criticising billionaire Elon Musk has gone viral on X, with the US Vice President calling it “fake AI-generated”. In the clip, which was posted by a religious leader from Springfield on X, Vance can purportedly be heard accusing Musk of “cosplaying as a great American leader.” “He’s not even … Read more
New York: A judge ordered US authorities Tuesday to cease efforts to detain and deport a New York college student, as President Donald Trump presses his campaign against pupils linked to pro-Palestinian protests. Trump has targeted New York’s Columbia University, where the student is enrolled, as an epicenter of the US student protest movement sparked … Read more
Two educational unions sued the Trump administration over its withholding of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University, calling the move an illegal attempt to limit academic independence and free speech on campus. The lawsuit by the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers, filed Tuesday in New York, comes … Read more
Indian IT firms in 2024 had secured one-fifth of the total H-1B visas issued by the United States, according to data published by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). I-T giants like Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL, Wipro, Tech Mahindra were among the top beneficiaries. Jeff Bezos’ Amazon remained the highest receiver of H-1B … Read more
Columbia University has given in to the Trump administration’s demands, agreeing to implement significant changes in exchange for the reinstatement of $400 million in federal funding. The university’s decision comes after the government pulled its funding earlier this month, citing allegations of antisemitism on campus. As part of the agreement, Columbia has agreed to ban … Read more
Elon Musk’s involvement with the Trump administration has caused significant backlash, with Tesla owners trading in their electric vehicles at unprecedented rates. According to Edmunds, March saw the highest ever share of Tesla trade-ins, with owners opting for new or used cars from other brands. This surge in trade-ins comes as Musk, who is the … Read more
The recent deportation of Venezuelan migrants from the United States to El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Centre has sparked widespread concern and outrage among families who claim their loved ones were wrongly accused of being part of the feared Tren de Aragua gang. Per BBC, Myrelis Casique López, a distraught mother, recognised her son Francisco … Read more
Mumbai: The Trump Organization and its local real estate partners have announced a new commercial tower project in India as the US president’s family business seeks to tap demand in the world’s most populous country. India is already home to four Trump-branded residential complexes, making it the largest market outside America for his family business, … Read more