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President Donald Trump's administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas as it accuses the company of fraud.
Vice President JD Vance singled out the tech firm as he and other officials accused several companies and universities of committing visa fraud.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump's administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas as it accuses the company of fraud.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump's administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas as it accuses the company of fraud.
Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced. The academy praised her "bold and inventive oeuvre" and her reimagining of classical mythology in contemporary forms. Carson, 76, is known for genre-crossing works including Autobiography of Red and her reverence for Latin and Greek classics.
NYTimes – US Arizona congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, says she was attacked and raped in August while repairing a damaged campaign sign. She said her memory of the incident is spotty and that she was knocked unconscious. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said a report was filed on Aug. 31. Greene-Placentia said she is sharing her story to advocate for sexual assault victims.
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.
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