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The administration said on 8 October it will stop processing new and pending H-1B visa petitions and PERM labour certifications, the first step toward an employment-based green card, for eight companies: Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services, …
Three weeks before the 3 November midterms, Republicans hold the House with 218 seats to the Democrats’ 214, plus one independent and two …
Oversight.gov, the shared website of the federal inspectors general, lists 27 vacant IG posts as of October 2026. About 20 of them are posts …
On 10 October a US fighter jet hit the stern of the Panama-flagged cargo ship Ocean Molica, also known as Arika Sun, with a precision …
When Congress comes back after the 3 November midterms, it will have about five weeks before several deadlines land on the same day. The …
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says the man an ICE agent shot in New York on 8 October put his own 5-year-old son in danger. …
On 9 October 2026 the FDA approved Hovilpri, an antiviral, as its 46th novel drug of the year. That already matches all of 2025, when the …
On 5 August the FDA rejected the last legal objection to its ban on Red No. 3, a petroleum-based dye used in candy and baked goods. That …
In August 2026 the federal government employed 2.674 million people on Bureau of Labor Statistics payroll figures, down 336,000 from 3.010 …
About a quarter of US registered voters approve of President Trump’s handling of jobs and the economy, the lowest share since the Financial …
