The State Department announces that from August 20 Malawi and Zambia nationals will need to post a bond of $15,000 for B1, B2, business ,and tourist visas.

Be easier to say the door is shut.

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Meta Removed Over 6.8 Million WhatsApp Accounts Tied to Criminal Scam Operations Worldwide 🌐📱

www.mediaite.com Moody’s Analyst Declares US ‘On the Precipice of Recession’ — Blames Trump Tariffs and Deportations

Moody’s Analyst Declares US ‘On the Precipice of Recession’ — Blames Trump Tariffs and Deportations https://twp.ai/4iouwI

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TESLA’S UK EV SALES CRASH 60% IN JULY AS EUROPEAN DEMAND SLUMPS; CHINA’S BYD SURGES AHEAD

'Major source of stress': New poll shows key Trump policy starting to sting Polls have shown that President Donald Trump owes his 2024 election victory in good part to voters' concerns about the rising costs of groceries.However, an Associated Press poll released Monday shows...

An AP poll shows 53% of Americans see grocery costs as a top stressor—more than housing or healthcare. Trump’s tariffs may raise prices further, hitting low-income earners hardest. Small businesses also struggle, likely leading to more consumer price hikes.
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ANALYSIS | Here's how Trump's tariffs are starting to cost Americans | CBC News Little by little, the costs of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are starting to add up, both for consumers and American companies that are raising prices, reporting tariff-related hits to their p...

The costs of Trump's tariffs are starting to add up for Americans. Here's how

More U.S. companies raising prices, reporting tariff-related hits to their profits or both

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The main reason why I don’t love Gavin Newsom is because he’s a power hungry sociopath…

But Texas Republicans deserve a power hungry sociopath and goddamit I will cheer Gavin Newsom until my nose bleeds every single day he delivers.

Hi, former Foreign Service Officer here

The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.

Legal cases could prise open Epstein cache despite Trump’s blocking effort Cases winding through courts offer hope that documents could be released even if justice department declines

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She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election. How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.

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Jacob Soboroff on the "intentional cruelty" of mass deportations

So...what about the Epstein Files?

Fox’s Larry Kudlow Stuns Harris Faulkner When He Accuses Texas of ‘Racial Gerrymandering’ Fox Business host Larry Kudlow accused Texas Republicans of trying to redistrict the state's congressional map in a way that would disempower racial minorities in the state.   The post Fox’s Larry Kudlow Stuns Harris Faulkner When He Accuses Texas of ‘Racial Gerrymandering’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Fox’s Larry Kudlow Stuns Harris Faulkner When He Accuses Texas of ‘Racial Gerrymandering’

Gov Newsom Hochul and Pritzker have all joined the war against Republicans determined to steal the 2026 election

This is war That we must win

If we lose this war, The United States will be no more

Republicans want raw unfettered power with no opposition

Democrats stand in their way

#ProudBlue

Newsom: He knows he’s going to lose in the midterms, and we have the opportunity to de facto end the Trump presidency in less than 18 months.

That’s what’s at stake. That’s why we’re putting a stake in the ground. We’re not drawing lines just to draw lines—we’re holding the line: on democracy.

U.S. may require visa applicants to post bond up to $15,000 to enter country The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.

The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.

How Trump Caved And Went Home With 'Nothing' In Talks With Chuck Schumer The dramatic collapse in talks over the weekend doesn't bode well for the tougher job lawmakers are facing of funding the government next month.

The dramatic collapse in talks over the weekend doesn't bode well for the tougher job lawmakers are facing of funding the government next month.

Netanyahu gov. moves to fire attorney general prosecuting him for corruption Netanyahu is standing trial, and his aides are under investigation.

BREAKING: Netanyahu's government unanimously votes to fire the attorney general who is prosecuting him for corruption

Yes, explain.

The economy is on the precipice of recession. That’s the clear takeaway from last week’s economic data dump. Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to come to the rescue. Unemployment remains low, but that’s only because labor force growth has gone sideways. The foreign-born workforce is shrinking, and labor force participation is declining. Telling is the economy-wide hiring freeze, particularly for recent graduates, and the decline in hours worked. It’s no mystery why the economy is struggling; blame increasing U.S. tariffs and highly restrictive immigration policy. The tariffs are cutting increasingly deeply into the profits of American companies and the purchasing power of American households. Fewer immigrant workers means a smaller economy. Any notion that the economic data misrepresents the reality of how the economy is performing is way off base. There are revisions to the data, even big revisions, but they universally say the economy is doing worse. That’s because it is. BTW, the DOGE cuts are a key factor in the revisions—not because BLS has cut staff, although that can’t help, but because the government often reports payrolls to BLS late. It didn’t matter when government employment was stable, but now that it’s declining, the cuts are picked up in the revisions.

Trump is panicking because the economic numbers are giving a recession vibe.
From the Chief Economist at Moody's.

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

GOLDMAN SACHS SAYS RECENT 2-MONTH JOB REVISIONS WERE LARGEST OUTSIDE RECESSION SINCE 1968. EXPECTS MORE BIG REVISIONS NEXT MONTH.

OIL FALLS AMID DARKENING U.S. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK-WSJ