A Steep Price for a Golden Ticket: Trump to Slap $100,000 Fee on H-1B Visas, Protect American Workers

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Another “America First” move from the president… President Trump is preparing to impose a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications — the administration’s newest strike in a long campaign against what it calls a system abused by tech companies to sidestep hiring American workers, according to multiple White House officials. The president is expected to sign the order as soon as Friday. Details remain unsettled: how exactly the charge will be applied, and to whom. At present, H-1B hopefuls pay a modest fee to enter a lottery, and those lucky enough to win pay a larger sum to file their

From Stalemate to Sweep: Senate GOP Pushes Through Nearly 50 Trump Picks

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The Senate on Thursday confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in a single vote — a sweeping act made possible by new rules Republicans forced through to shatter a backlog of appointments Democrats had held in check. For months, nominations that once moved as a matter of routine had been caught in procedural snags, as Democrats insisted on roll calls for nearly every Trump pick. The delays infuriated the president and paralyzed the chamber’s work. Republicans, weary of the obstruction, chose to act. The rule change now allows large groups of lower-level, non-judicial nominees to be approved by simple

NEW CEO NAMED: Erika Kirk Unanimously Elected to Be New Turning Point USA CEO

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Turning Point USA announced Thursday it has “unanimously elected Erika Kirk as the new CEO and Chair of the Board” in the wake of the assassination of its founder, Charlie Kirk. “In prior discussions, Charlie expressed to multiple executives that this is what he wanted in the event of his death,” the group said in a post on X. Kirk was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University, his life cut short mid-sentence, mid-mission. “It was the honor of our lives to serve as board members at Charlie’s side,” the board said in a statement. “Charlie

‘This Is The Turning Point’: TPUSA Reports More Than 54K New Campus Chapter Requests

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According to Fox News, Turning Point USA has been flooded with more than 54,000 new campus chapter requests in the days since Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The organization currently runs 900 college chapters and roughly 1,200 high school groups. But Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show and spokesman for TPUSA, said the wave of inquiries has been unprecedented. “I have personally received hundreds of offers to work for us, or to work for free, or to just help, however,” Kolvet told Fox News Digital. On Wednesday, he added, “lots of job requests” were still flooding his inbox. On

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