The United States has expanded its controversial visa bond policy, adding seven more countries, five of them in Africa, to the list of nations whose citizens may be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 before entering the country. Under the latest update by the Trump administration, passport holders from Bhutan, Botswana, the Central …
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, just hours after the House of Representatives voted to restore food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and revive the air-traffic control system. The Republican-controlled House passed the funding package 222–209, with Trump’s backing helping to unify …
