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The proposal aims to crack down on the Optional Practical Training program, which DHS claims is a “magnet for fraud.”
The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the United States through the Optional Practical Training program. The administration said the fee is aimed at cracking down on fraud in foreign enrollment.
The proposal aims to crack down on the Optional Practical Training program, which DHS claims is a “magnet for fraud.”
The proposal aims to crack down on the Optional Practical Training program, which DHS claims is a “magnet for fraud.”
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the United States, the latest effort from the Trump administration to crack down on foreign enrollment.
The Swedish Academy has awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson, citing her "bold and inventive oeuvre." Carson is known for genre-crossing works including Autobiography of Red and her engagement with Latin and Greek classics. Earlier betting had also favoured Chinese writer Can Xue and Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.
BBC News – Science & Environment Hurricane Isaias developed late Wednesday as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2026, taking aim at the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle.
NPR – Politics President Donald Trump has proposed developing one of his Florida golf clubs into a Camp David-style presidential retreat for future presidents. The plan, reported by the Palm Beach Post and discussed on NPR, would create a quiet weekend estate in South Florida, contrasting with the rustic character of the existing Camp David retreat in Maryland.
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