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US judge skeptical of challenge to $100,000 H-1B visa fee

 A federal judge on Friday said US President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly-skilled foreign workers seems to fall under his broad powers to regulate immigration, casting doubt on a...

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Noem pledges to revive Trump's border policy

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on her nomination to be Secretary of Homeland Security in Washington, DC

Biden warns of threat to democracy from ultra-wealthy 'oligarchy'

US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. - AFP

LA firefighters brace for return of extreme winds

A firefighter works to extinguish the last embers in the hills of Mandeville Canyon, in Los Angeles. — AFP

Death toll from Los Angeles fires rises as dangerous winds loom

Firefighters work to clear a firebreak on a hillside covered with retardant as the Palisades Fire, burns in Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles. — Reuters

Los Angeles fires deliver latest blow to embattled Hollywood

Alana Dadoorian searches through the remains of her burned home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles

Trump bashes California leaders over fire response

Firefighters puts out flames in the Mandeville Canyon neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, on Sunday. - AFP

Los Angeles firefighters race as blazes spread

Flames and smoke are seen near power lines as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods January 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. Across the city, at least 16 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since January 7, razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden likened to a "war scene." (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

How climate change is supercharging disasters

Virtually nothing was unscathed in the Coffey Park section of Santa Rosa, Calif., following a wildfire in 2017. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

LA wildfire switches direction

Firefighters survey the remains

New evacuations ordered as LA’s largest wildfire expands

Downed utility lines and a car burned by the Palisades fire along the water at sunrise in Malibu, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (Ariana Drehsler/The New York Times)

LA wildfire toll rises as National Guard deploys

Firefighters battle the Palisades Fire as it burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, California. - Reuters

'We have lost everything': Despair in the Los Angeles fires

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Amazon Prime will release a Melania Trump documentary

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Venezuelan oppn leader to speak with Biden

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia holds a Venezuelan flag, in Montevideo. — AFP

Italy's Meloni boosts ties with Trump in surprise Florida visit

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. January 4, 2025. Italian Government/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.
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