New Jersey: Indicted U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is speculated to have contacted New Jersey’s former Indian American Attorney General Gurbir Grewal in an attempt to influence the prosecution of a businessman. Grewal is mentioned as “Official-2” in the indictment of Menendez, the New Jersey Globe claimed, suggesting that Grewal likely would be a government witness...
New York: Dr Ranju Singh, senior consultant, Lady Hardinge College, was elated at receiving an email from the US Embassy about hers being the one millionth visa this year. Her husband Puneet Dargan, was granted the next visa. The couple will be traveling to the US in May 2024. Greeting the couple as "Mr and...
Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and discussed the progress in bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to take it forward. Jaishankar, who arrived here from New York Wednesday after addressing the 78th General Assembly session of the United Nations, also met US Secretary...
Washington: GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy vowed to go a “step further” than his Republican rivals, leaning on his agenda to end birthright citizenship if he wins the White House — a promise reminiscent of former President Trump’s. “I favor ending birthright citizenship for the kids of illegal immigrants in this country,” Ramaswamy said. “Now, the left will...
Lincoln, Neb.: Lower-income new mothers will get a full year of Medicaid health care coverage in Nebraska under an order issued Wednesday by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. The move makes Nebraska the latest in a growing list of Republican-led states that had previously refused to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond the minimum 60 days after...
New York: For more than a year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants from the southern U.S. border to places like New York, Washington and Chicago, prompting angry complaints from Democratic officials in those cities. Speaking in New York Wednesday, the Republican Abbott agreed it was “unsustainable,” but said he’s not the person...
Washington: Republicans have insisted for months that they have the grounds to launch impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden. On Thursday, they began formally making their case to the public and their skeptical colleagues in the Senate. The chairman of Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means will hold the opening hearing of their impeachment inquiry by reviewing the...
Simi Valley, Calif.: Several of Donald Trump’s rivals stepped up their attacks against him in Wednesday’s second Republican presidential debate, urgently trying to dent the former president’s commanding primary lead during an event that often seemed like an undercard without him. Trump went to Michigan, aiming to capitalize on the autoworkers’ strike in a key state that could help decide the...
Houston: A 29-year-old Indian-American policy expert, who is running for Fort Bend County Commissioner in the US state of Texas, has said that he has received racist and hate-filled messages on social media. Democrat Taral Patel in a press release earlier this week shared a photo of some of the messages he received online. Social media users wrote that...
