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What to know about the H-1B visa Trump has targeted with $100,000 fees, generating confusion, fear 09/22/2025 06:34pm • The Trump administration's abrupt decision to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas has stunned and confused employers, students and workers from the United States to India and beyond. Since announcing the decision Friday, the White House has tried to reassure jittery companies that the fee does not app Kirby Smart finally draws a home game for No. 5 Georgia against No. 17 Alabama after 10-year wait 09/22/2025 03:31pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) ��� Kirby Smart has had to wait 10 years for his Georgia team to play at home against Alabama. Saturday night's visit by No. 17 Alabama to No. 5 Georgia gives Smart, the former Crimson Tide defensive coordinator, a long-awaited opportunity to have the home-field advantage in the hig Did you dawdle on that new heat pump or EV? Better move fast to get those tax credits 09/22/2025 02:57pm • Tax incentives that saved U.S. residents thousands of dollars on home efficiency upgrades, clean energy installations and electric vehicles are expiring this year. That means people who want to take advantage of them before they disappear have to act quickly. ���There is still time, but the clock is 'DC residents trust my judgment': Bowser remarks on federal law enforcement surge, RFK redevelopment project 09/22/2025 02:08pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser addressed a number of issues facing the District, from what it took to get the Commanders' stadium deal done to the recent surge of federal law enforcement in the city, during an interview. Speaking with political analyst Chuck Todd, in the most recent episode of the Noos High-tech tax authority helps Greece return to Europe���s financial mainstream 09/22/2025 06:25am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� With a pristine white exterior, the Greece tax authority's new headquarters looks out of place on a clogged industrial artery outside Athens. A former shopping mall and ice rink, the building has been overhauled into an ultramodern digital center that has led the rescue of th 'Not your grandma���s stitching': How one DC local is using embroidery to build community 09/22/2025 05:25am • On any given day in the District, you can find Meredith Artyukhina brainstorming her next embroidery kit design, or putting together packages for her latest order. Sometimes, though, she hosts special embroidery events in the city, too. Artyukhina is the founder of Capital Stitch Co., a passio Brazilians protest against a bill that could lead to a pardon for Bolsonaro and allies 09/22/2025 01:44am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Thousands of Brazilians protested in all 26 states and the federal district Sunday against a possible pardon for former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, who were convicted of attempting a coup. Calls for demonstrations grew after the lower house Tuesday passed a constitut Dozens arrested and hurt in clashes with police near Philippine presidential palace 09/21/2025 10:49pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Philippine police arrested 49 people suspected of hurling rocks, bottles and fire bombs at officers and blocking heavily guarded roads and bridges leading to the presidential palace Sunday while a peaceful anti-corruption rally took place in the capital, officials and wi Candidates clash over Trump, costs and political divisions in New Jersey governor's debate 09/21/2025 09:20pm • LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) ��� Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli sparred over the economy, President Donald Trump���s leadership and political division as they faced off Sunday night for the opening debate in New Jersey���s high-stakes governor���s race. It was a combative affair Car prices are in check. But get ready for sticker shock on repair bills 09/21/2025 08:13am • (CNN) ��� Despite billions in tariff costs for imported autos and parts, new car prices have stayed relatively flat. But the news isn���t as good for car owners taking their vehicles to the repair shop. The price of car repairs jumped 5% just from July to August, according to the latest Consumer Democratic leaders in Congress demand a meeting with Trump as government shutdown looms 09/20/2025 08:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As a possible federal shutdown looms, the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump to negotiate an end to what they call ���your decision��� to shutter government offices if no action is taken by the end-of-the month deadline. Sen. Chu White House says $100K H-1B visa fee won't apply to existing holders as Trump move stirs anxiety 09/20/2025 06:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump���slatest plan to overhaul the American immigration system has left some immigrant workers confused, forcing the White House on Saturday to scramble to clarify that a new $100,000 fee on visas for skilled tech workers only applies to new applicants and not After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America 09/20/2025 06:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration is ending the federal government's annual report on hunger in America, stating that it had become ���overly politicized��� and ���rife with inaccuracies.��� The decision comes two and a half months after President Donald Trump signed legislation sharpl Trump's economic promises to Black voters fall short after a modest shift in support for him in 2024 09/20/2025 03:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� At one of his final rallies before the 2024 election, then-candidate Donald Trump warned that Black Americans were losing their jobs in droves and that things would get even worse if he did not return to the White House. ���You should demand that they give you the numbers of how Schilder wins women's shot put at the worlds on the final throw of a grueling day 09/20/2025 12:28pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands claimed a dramatic gold medal in the women's shot put on her final attempt at the world championships on Saturday. Schilder threw 20.29 meters in a grueling event made more taxing with preliminaries and finals on the same day. Chase Jackson of the U