Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Trump signs order expanding immigration restrictions to include H-1B, other guest-worker programs
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-order-expanding-immigration-restrictions
“There are an unprecedented number of Americans who are out of work,
but we are also expecting to see an unprecedented growth in our
economy,” a senior administration official told Fox News on Monday. “In
order to ensure that we are hiring Americans first, we are putting a
pause on certain non-immigrant visas into the United States, again for
the purpose of ensuring that Americans can get jobs here in the U.S.”
The order was criticized by big companies, like Twitter.
"This
proclamation undermines America’s greatest economic asset: its
diversity. People from all over the world come here to join our labor
force, pay taxes, and contribute to our global competitiveness on the
world stage,” Twitter said in a tweet.
Tech companies slam Trump's executive order restricting work visas
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/22/tech/executive-order-trump-immigration-tech/index.html
Silicon Valley is pushing back against President Donald Trump's latest immigration curbs, this time targeting visa programs that tech companies use to bring in thousands of skilled foreign workers.
Trump signed an executive order
on Monday expanding restrictions on several work visas until at least
the end of this year, including the L-1 visa that allows companies to
transfer employees from overseas offices and the H-1B program for
workers in specialty occupations.
Both visas are popular with the United States' tech giants, and many were quick to condemn the executive order.
Trump's pandemic failing is now directly impacting his campaign
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/23/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-campaign-testing/index.html
The President's response to a miserable
48 hours was typical -- an all-out attack. His targeting of Biden and
the Democrats, demonstrating his ferocious tenacity in a way that also
hinted at concern in his inner circle.
Trump fired off a series of searing claims on Twitter -- that have no basis in fact
-- that mail-in voting being considered by many states will lead to
massive fraud and foreign interference in November's election.
Seattle to end police-free protest zone after shootings
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53146258
Seattle's mayor has said the city
plans to take back a district that is being occupied by armed
protesters, after three people were shot at the weekend.
Monday, June 22, 2020
John Bolton: Jared Kushner is the most powerful person in Trump's White House
https://www.salon.com/2020/06/22/john-bolton-jared-kushner-is-the-most-powerful-person-in-trumps-white-house/
Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton revealed in an interview with ABC News broadcast Sunday that the most powerful person in the White House was Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law.
"Next to the president, who held the most power in the White House?" ABC News' Martha Raddatz asked Bolton.
"It varied from time to time," Bolton responded. "The sustained answer to that question . . . is Jared Kushner."
Top NYC Prosecutor, Who Led Investigation of Trump Allies, Steps Down After Feud With Justice Department
https://time.com/5856478/justice-department-berman-barr-trump-allies-refuses-resign/
An extraordinary standoff between the Justice Department and
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman ended Saturday when the
prosecutor agreed to leave his job with an assurance that his
investigations into allies of President Donald Trump would not be
disturbed.
The announcement capped two days of conflicting
statements, allegations of political interference in prosecutions, and
defiance from Berman. On Saturday, Attorney General William Barr said
Berman’s refusal to resign under pressure prompted Trump to fire him.
Trump tried to distance himself from the dispute, telling reporters the
decision “was all up to the attorney general.”
Florida’s Covid-19 surge shows the state's reopening plan is not working
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/20/florida-covid19-surge-reopening-governor-desantis-coronavirus
As counties end the second week of Governor Ron DeSantis’ ‘safe,
smart, step-by-step’ policy, the state marks a record high in daily
cases
Florida closing in on 100,000 coronavirus infections after adding 3,494 cases Sunday
https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/06/21/florida-closing-in-on-100000-coronavirus-infections-after-adding-3494-cases-sunday/
Florida’s coronavirus cases continued to climb Sunday, with the number of people infected nearing 100,000.
The
daily update, released by the state Department of Health, reported an
additional 3,494 new cases on Sunday. Combined with a surge of nearly
4,700 new cases reported Saturday, the number of positive coronavirus
infections in Florida now sits at 97,291.
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