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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 26

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This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.

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  1. Bet
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    Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting

    Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting

    The Trump administration is weighing requiring all foreign students applying to study in the United States to undergo social media vetting — a significant expansion of previous such efforts, according to a cable obtained by POLITICO.

    In preparation for such required vetting, the administration is ordering U.S. Embassies and consular sections to pause scheduling new interviews for such student visa applicants, according to the cable, dated Tuesday and signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

    4 votes
  2. hobbes64
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    ICE grabbing people out of their cars on Martha’s Vinyard I don’t think they’ve explained why they are wearing a masks. Here is a threads video of a citizen confronting the masked agents.

    ICE grabbing people out of their cars on Martha’s Vinyard

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rounded up more than three dozen people on Tuesday across Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, local newspaper The Vineyard Gazette reported. The sweeps were carried out as part of a series of traffic stops with the help of FBI and DEA agents and picked up about 40 people, the paper reported.

    I don’t think they’ve explained why they are wearing a masks.

    Here is a threads video of a citizen confronting the masked agents.

    3 votes