Shocking News: Millions Could Lose Access to Their Credit Cards Starting next week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6vPHDtb-eo 

 

Visa, Mastercard legal settlement: What you need to know

Stores may also be able to charge customers extra depending on which credit card they use…

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/visa-mastercard-legal-settlement-what-you-need-to-know.html 

 

US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza’s children to get medical care after far-right campaign

Program providing key aid halted after complaints from Laura Loomer, the far-right influencer close to Trump…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/gaza-children-visas-medical-care-laura-loomer

 

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal

"Sarah thought she was being kidnapped," she said. "They didn't really explain anything to her at first, they just kind of quietly took her and her son and immediately put them in like an unmarked white van." 

Ice confiscated Shaw's phone and transported the mother and son to the Dilley immigration processing center in south Texas, many states away from her home, Besancon said. Foreign nationals caught up in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown have similarly been transported to centres far from their homes, support networks and legal representation...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/new-zealand-woman-six-year-old-son-ice-detention-us-ntwnfb

 

Gamers Are Furious About the Censorship of NSFW Games—and They’re Fighting Back | WIRED

As industry groups decry censorship, players are flooding Visa and Mastercard with complaints and sharing the titles of delisted NSFW games to support developers.

https://www.wired.com/story/gamers-are-furious-about-the-censorship-of-nsfw-games-and-theyre-fighting-back/

Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io | Censorship | The Guardian

Payment platforms demand services remove NSFW content after open letter from Australian anti-porn group Collective Shout, triggering accusations of censorship…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/mastercard-visa-backlash-adult-games-removed-online-stores-steam-itchio-ntwnfb 

 

Trump administration reinstates international student records - The Washington Post

Piston and other attorneys said that the government's lawyers couldn't describe the legal basis that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was using to remove people from SEVIS. "I think the government realizes now that their position is entirely legally untenable," Piston said...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/25/international-students-records-visa-trump-dhs-sevis/

 

Elon Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms | WIRED

The richest man in the world appears to have worked in the US without authorization. According to experts, if he did so and lied about it as part of the immigration process, he could be denaturalized...

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-citizenship-revoked-denaturalized/

Visa and Mastercard end swipe fee battle with $30 billion settlement

The settlement, one of the largest in U.S. antitrust history, resolves a 2005 lawsuit alleging that merchants were forced to pay "excessive fees" to accept Visa and Mastercard credit cards, and that the two card issuers and member banks violated antitrust laws. Together, Visa and Mastercard make up about 80% of the credit card market...

https://qz.com/visa-mastercard-swipe-fees-merchant-lawsuit-1851366864

Trump's H-1B crackdown is hurting the US, helping Canada — Quartz India

Nearly half the American employers surveyed recently said the primary reason they were creating high-skilled jobs in other countries was their inability to secure work authorisation in the US. This is “proof that restrictive aspects of the American immigration system are creating opportunities in other countries,” said Chicago-based immigration law firm Envoy Global, which polled 433 human resources professionals and hiring managers across a variety of industries and company sizes in November 2019 for this survey.
https://qz.com/india/1805325/trumps-h-1b-crackdown-is-hurting-the-us-helping-canada/

Trump administration cracks down on birth tourism - POLITICO

The State Department released a rule today that will make it harder for pregnant foreigners to travel to the U.S. in what the Trump administration says is an effort to crack down on “birth tourism.” The final rule, which will go into effect on Friday, clarifies that if consular officers have "reason to believe" a traveler seeking a nonimmigrant tourist or business visa will give birth during her stay in the United States, the officers will presume she is doing so "for the primary purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship for the child."
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/23/trump-administration-cracks-down-on-birth-tourism-102713

U.S. Deports Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Despite Judge’s Ruling | HuffPost

The removal raises renewed concerns that Iranian students are being targeted amid increased U.S. tensions with Tehran. ...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iranian-student-deported-customs_n_5e27d823c5b6779e9c2a0553

To bring “prestige” back to education, make teachers tax-exempt, says Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman - Vox

He's an adviser to President Trump — but he also wants to see a national $15 minimum wage and an overhaul of the H-1B visa program...
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/9/18/20870981/steve-schwarzman-blackstone-what-it-takes-book-teachers-taxes-trump-kara-swisher-decode-podcast

The Public Charge Rule Threatens the Health of Every Person in America - Newsweek

A 30-year-old Nigerian woman who had been in the United States for five years on a work visa had to stop working when she was only eight weeks pregnant due to doctor's orders for bedrest. She had experienced five miscarriages already, and due to this high-risk pregnancy, she had to quit her job, despite being the primary income earner in her household. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/heres-my-medical-opinion-public-charge-rule-threatens-health-every-single-person-america-1454744

Authorities Can Now Deny Visa and Green Card Applications Without Giving Applicants a Chance to Fix Errors - ProPublica

Immigration lawyers call the policy change, which kicks in today, another brick in Trump's "invisible wall" to make legal immigration as difficult as possible. ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/authorities-can-now-deny-visa-and-green-card-applications-without-giving-applicants-a-chance-to-fix-errors

Questions linger about how Melania Trump, a Slovenian model, scored ‘the Einstein visa’ - The Washington Post

In 2000, Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model dating Donald Trump, began petitioning the government for the right to permanently reside in the United States under a program reserved for people with “extraordinary ability.” Knauss’s credentials included runway shows in Europe, a Camel cigarette billboard ad in Times Square and — in her biggest job at the time — a spot in the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated, which featured her on the beach in a string bikini, hugging a six-foot inflatable whale....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/questions-linger-about-how-melania-trump-a-slovenian-model-scored-the-einstein-visa/2018/02/28/d307ddb2-1b35-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html

Trump praises Elon Musk for SpaceX launch, forgets Musk is from a 's**thole country' -- ThinkProgress.org

President Trump on Tuesday night tweeted his support for billionaire engineer and entrepreneur Elon Musk, whose aerospace company, SpaceX, had test-launched the Falcon Heavy lift rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida earlier in the day. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-elon-musk-immigrant-8740d8646422/

Republicans Propose H-1B Visa Expansion As Trump Considers Slashing The Program -- Newsweek

"This bill is a win for all sides," Republican Senator Orrin Hatch stated. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/republicans-propose-h-1b-visa-expansion-trump-considers-slashing-program-792620

Days After 'Shithole' Controversy, Trump Administration Bans Haiti From Applying for Low-Skilled Work Visa -- Newsweek

"I love the people. There's a tremendous warmth. And they're very hard-working people," Trump said, before taking them off the immigration list. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-ban-shithole-haiti-applying-low-skilled-work-visa-784251

Pick them from a bin? Donald Trump mischaracterizes diversity visa lottery | PolitiFact

President Donald Trump's claims about bad people coming into the United States have expanded to include not just people who get here illegally, but also immigrants who arrive legally after being vetted by the U.S. government. Trump told graduates at the FBI National Academy that two recent terrorist attacks in New York City were perpetrated by individuals who came to the United States via a "dysfunctional immigration system," one through family sponsorship and the other through the diversity visa lottery program.....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/dec/20/donald-trump/pick-them-bin-donald-trump-mischaracterizes-divers/