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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a law allowing Florida authorities to designate groups as domestic or foreign terrorist organisations and expel state university students who support them.The measure, signed on Monday, gives the governor along with other state leaders the authority to approve or reject such designations. A top official at…
Florida’s university system has decided to temporarily stop hiring foreign faculty members through the H-1B visa programme. The decision affects new hires across the state’s 12 public universities and will remain in place until January 5, 2027.While the policy focuses on recruitment procedures, its consequences may reach far beyond university human resources departments. What the…
Cienega High School in Vail, Arizona, became the centre of a national controversy last weekend after a photograph of math teachers wearing matching white T-shirts, stained with red blotches and emblazoned with the words “Problem Solved,” circulated widely online. Some right-wing influencers claimed the shirts mocked the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, sparking an…
The effort to turn a prime stretch of downtown Miami real estate into the future site of United States President Donald Trump’s presidential library has been halted, at least for now.The District Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College has filed an appeal in Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal, seeking to overturn a ruling…
Why H-1B bans threaten US jobs, research and the future workforce America’s global reputation has long rested on a simple advantage: when the world’s brightest minds had ideas, they came to the United States to build them. That open-door tradition powered the labs, research universities and tech giants that shaped the modern world.Now, that advantage…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has directed state education officials to terminate the use of H-1B visas across the state’s universities, declaring that such positions must be reserved for American citizens. Announcing the move at the University of South Florida in Tampa, the governor cited examples of international appointments in public policy, design, and sports, questioning…
Ron DeSantis renames Florida debate trophy after Kirk with $50K prize. (AP Photo) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that the state’s flagship high school debate trophy will be renamed in honour of Charlie Kirk. The new Charlie Kirk Prize will be awarded to the winner of the Florida Civics and Debate Initiative (FCDI) State…
At this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, one topic dominated discussions among publishers and literary rights advocates: escalating efforts to remove books addressing themes such as LGBTQ+ lifestyles and race relations from United States schools and public libraries. These attempts, largely driven by conservative groups, have provoked a strong pushback from publishers, authors, and advocacy organisations…
