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H-1B Visas To Be Paused For 3 Years? Trump's Aides Introduce New Bill
The bill proposes sweeping changes. It would cut the annual H-1B cap from 65,000 to 25,000 and eliminate exemptions. It would replace the lottery system with a wage-based selection process and set a minimum salary of $200,000 per year.
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US Federal Workers Broke, Running Out Of Food As Shutdown Enters 2nd Month
The US government shutdown barreled towards its second month Friday and the pain is spreading fast -- with federal workers broke, food aid under threat and millions of Americans caught in the crossfire.
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Gaza Truce Talks On Amid Outcry Over Aid Workers' Death
American, Israeli, and Hamas negotiators are expected in Cairo over the weekend in a renewed push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in a war that reaches the half-year mark on Sunday.
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US Names Operation To Kill Al-Baghdadi In Honour Of Woman Killed By ISIS
The US special forces raid targeting ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named for Kayla Mueller, a young aid worker who was one of several Americans killed while being held by the ISIS.
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US Aid Worker Arrested For Allegedly Molesting Magistrate In Meghalaya
An American aid worker was arrested for allegedly molesting a judicial magistrate at her home, police said on Saturday.
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Wife Of ISIS Leader Charged In Death Of American: US Justice Department
The wife of a deceased ISIS leader was charged on Monday in federal court in Virginia with conspiracy in the death of American aid worker Kayla Mueller who was killed a year ago while being held hostage in Syria by the militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said.
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US House Honors Dead Aid Worker Held by Islamic State
Somber US lawmakers stood with heads bowed Wednesday during a moment of silence for American aid worker Kayla Mueller, who was held hostage by Islamic State extremists and died.
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Islamic State Hostage Death Confirmed by Family and White House
The parents of Kayla Mueller, the American aid worker abducted in 2013 by the Islamic State, issued a statement on Tuesday confirming her death, four days after the militant group claimed she had been killed in a Jordanian airstrike.
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Islamic State 'Sentenced' US Hostage to Death Last Year: Activist
The young American hostage who Islamic State says was killed in a Jordanian air strike was condemned to death by the militant group last year, according to an American Muslim activist.
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Frenchman Thought Among Killers in Islamic State Beheadings
A young Frenchman is believed to be among the killers on an Islamic State propaganda video showing a beheaded American aid worker and the deaths of more than a dozen Syrian soldiers, France's top security official said on Monday.
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H-1B Visas To Be Paused For 3 Years? Trump's Aides Introduce New Bill
The bill proposes sweeping changes. It would cut the annual H-1B cap from 65,000 to 25,000 and eliminate exemptions. It would replace the lottery system with a wage-based selection process and set a minimum salary of $200,000 per year.
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US Federal Workers Broke, Running Out Of Food As Shutdown Enters 2nd Month
The US government shutdown barreled towards its second month Friday and the pain is spreading fast -- with federal workers broke, food aid under threat and millions of Americans caught in the crossfire.
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Gaza Truce Talks On Amid Outcry Over Aid Workers' Death
American, Israeli, and Hamas negotiators are expected in Cairo over the weekend in a renewed push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in a war that reaches the half-year mark on Sunday.
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US Names Operation To Kill Al-Baghdadi In Honour Of Woman Killed By ISIS
The US special forces raid targeting ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named for Kayla Mueller, a young aid worker who was one of several Americans killed while being held by the ISIS.
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US Aid Worker Arrested For Allegedly Molesting Magistrate In Meghalaya
An American aid worker was arrested for allegedly molesting a judicial magistrate at her home, police said on Saturday.
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Wife Of ISIS Leader Charged In Death Of American: US Justice Department
The wife of a deceased ISIS leader was charged on Monday in federal court in Virginia with conspiracy in the death of American aid worker Kayla Mueller who was killed a year ago while being held hostage in Syria by the militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said.
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US House Honors Dead Aid Worker Held by Islamic State
Somber US lawmakers stood with heads bowed Wednesday during a moment of silence for American aid worker Kayla Mueller, who was held hostage by Islamic State extremists and died.
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Islamic State Hostage Death Confirmed by Family and White House
The parents of Kayla Mueller, the American aid worker abducted in 2013 by the Islamic State, issued a statement on Tuesday confirming her death, four days after the militant group claimed she had been killed in a Jordanian airstrike.
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Islamic State 'Sentenced' US Hostage to Death Last Year: Activist
The young American hostage who Islamic State says was killed in a Jordanian air strike was condemned to death by the militant group last year, according to an American Muslim activist.
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Frenchman Thought Among Killers in Islamic State Beheadings
A young Frenchman is believed to be among the killers on an Islamic State propaganda video showing a beheaded American aid worker and the deaths of more than a dozen Syrian soldiers, France's top security official said on Monday.
