$100,000
The new non-refundable H-1B visa application fee introduced by the Trump administration, which U.S. companies must now pay for every foreign worker they seek to employ. Prior to the change, the H-1B visa, which allowed companies to temporarily employ foreigners in “specialty occupations,” cost about $5,000 per applicant.
632
Employees out of 747 employed by the Office of Federal Student Aid are to be suspended due to the Oct.1 U.S. government shutdown. Although issuance of new federal grants would be halted for the duration of the shutdown, the distribution of federal financial aid is expected to continue uninterrupted, and student loan payments would still be due.
300
Illinois National Guard members that the Trump administration intends to federalize for deployment in the state. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he was given an ultimatum to call up troops or have the federal government do it, calling the move “outrageous and un-American.”
100,000
The number of signatures that Democrats and other opponents of Missouri’s new Republican-drawn congressional map must collect by mid-December to trigger a referendum. If successful, the vote would give residents a chance to approve or reject the maps before the 2026 midterm elections.
40
Universities and the College Board emerged victorious in an antitrust lawsuit accusing the institutions of conspiring to overcharge students for tuition by including noncustodial parents’ assets in financial aid calculations. Northwestern, Harvard, and Yale were among the universities named in the lawsuit.
