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In a groundbreaking 42-page verdict with repercussions felt throughout the American tech industry and in the field of American immigration laws, Judge Leo T. Sorokin from the Massachusetts Federal District Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s controversial H-1B visa $100,000 filing fee. His decision handed down Monday June 8th 2026, found the said fee as an unlawful t...

Meta has upped the ante on its long-standing conflict with the Israeli spyware developer company called NSO Group through a request to file an order for contempt in a U.S. federal court based on the assertion that NSO Group was violating a permanent injunction against it from attacking WhatsApp and its users. What makes this development noteworthy is the transition of the con...

One of the strangest and most disturbing scandals ever to hit the U.S. intelligence community occurred recently. A former CIA official with top-secret clearance and extensive involvement in secret activities named David Rush was arrested because of the discovery that he had stored over $40 million worth of gold bars, almost $2 million in cash, and numerous luxury Rolex watche...

The U.S. Senate just passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill, which is one of the biggest moves on border policy in recent times. This happened after heated debates and attempts to amend the bill multiple times. On June 5, 2026, they wrapped up the vote. Importantly, the bill skips adding controls to Trump’s contentious “anti-weaponization” fund, worth $1.8 billion....

The Republican-led House of Representatives showed bipartisan defiance by passing a war powers resolution against President Trump’s actions in Iran. With a tight vote of 215-208, this marks the first time the House has okayed such a measure in this political term. This highlights increasing concerns at home about a conflict lasting three months. Americans remember Trump promi...