Trump Administration's H-1B Visa Fee Hike and Other News

H-1B Visa Fee Increase

• 🚀 President Trump announced a significant hike in H-1B visa fees, increasing the cost from $215 to $100,000.
• 💡 Tech companies like Microsoft, JP Morgan, and Amazon urged employees on H-1B visas to return to the U.S. by midnight or not leave the country.
• 🌏 India and China are the largest sources of H-1B visa applications, and some in India see the hike as a potential "reverse brain drain" opportunity.
• 💰 The Trump administration claims companies use H-1B visas to hire foreign workers at lower wages.

U.S. Military Strike and Investigation

• 🎯 The U.S. conducted its third strike this month on a boat alleged to be smuggling drugs, with President Trump reporting three narcoterrorists killed.
• 🗺️ The strike occurred within the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility, which includes the Caribbean and Central and South America.
• ⚖️ The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, resigned after President Trump publicly stated he wanted Siebert removed from his post.
• 🚫 Siebert was investigating New York's attorney general for mortgage fraud, though no criminal charges had been filed.

Pentagon Press Rules and Historical Discovery

• 📰 The Trump administration implemented new rules for journalists covering the Department of Defense, requiring them to sign a pledge not to use information not formally cleared by the department.
• 🔒 Non-compliance with these new Pentagon rules will result in the revocation of press credentials.
• 💣 In Hong Kong, a World War II-era bomb was unearthed by construction workers, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people.
• 🛠️ The five-foot-long, 1,000-pound bomb was successfully deactivated after teams worked through the night.