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No company or business organization has filed a lawsuit against the DHS H-1B lottery rule, even though the rule may be unlawful.

First came Hollywood, obviously, but it was not long before the copycats popped up. The Bengali film industry, based in the ...

The Defense Department used a high-energy laser to shoot down a drone belonging to the Department of Homeland Security over a small border town near El Paso Thursday, prompting the Federal Aviation ...

Tribal citizens whose ancestors were enslaved by citizens of several tribal nations in Oklahoma are starting to see more inclusive access to Native American health care, education and other social ...

Anubhav Sinha recently opened up about his absence from X (formerly Twitter), describing the platform as having turned into a marketing tool.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, second-generation Japanese American soldiers signed up to fight for the United States in ...

Fifty years ago, a controversial writer named Shere Hite taught us how to talk about sex and pleasure, selling books by the ...

Four Minnesota Republican legislators have asked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to limit ICE activity near schools, following a period of ramped-up enforcement that pushed many students to ...

In a break from tradition, refugees admitted to the United States after extensive interviews and vetting are being detained ...

The Public Scholar speaks with Jonathan Becker, a professor of political studies and the director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College about his work to protect student voting rights.

Since its founding in 1870, just 12 people have served as chancellor of Syracuse University. A new name, the 13th, was added ...