In a rare moment of political symmetry, Americans across all ideologies have found common ground, not in unity of belief, but in collective uncertainty. Artificial Intelligence, once the darling of Silicon Valley hype and academic theory, now stands at the centre of a divided American consciousness. According to the NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered…
A 33-year-old Indian-origin man, Pranav Patel, has been sentenced to 75 months in prison for his role in a nearly USD 2 million fraud scheme that targeted senior citizens across the United States. The sentencing was handed down by Federal Judge William Jung in Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday. Patel, a resident of New Jersey, acted…
The U.S. will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, and he suggested the new policy could target officials regulating U.S. tech companies. Rubio did not name any specific instances of censorship. But U.S. tech companies and the Trump administration have challenged…
Americans, it seems, are becoming the biggest victims of Donald Trump’s tariff war against foreign countries, including India. Trump’s move has boomeranged, and American buyers will be paying more as companies pass on the higher cost of imports to consumers. From groceries to everyday items like diapers, detergents, toilet paper and clothes to toys, gaming…
DNA study ‘fills gaps’ in Indigenous Americans’ ancestry (Pic credit: IANS) A new genetic study has traced prehistoric human migration from Asia to North and South America. The findings are helping underrepresented Indigenous groups understand their ancestral origins.The first people to colonize the Americas migrated from modern-day Russia about 20,000 to 30,000 years ago, a…
The strategy is an old one for Republicans: Cut taxes for a few years, avoiding the need to account for their cost over the long term, and bet that the reductions become popular enough that Congress will later vote to continue them. The tax bill that Republicans are now putting together on Capitol Hill takes…
The election of a Chicago-born cardinal as the first American pope on Thursday astonished Catholics and non-Catholics alike across the United States. Some felt a burst of patriotic pride that a 2,000-year-old institution had chosen its new leader, Leo XIV, from a country that is about to celebrate its 250th birthday. Others hoped that an…
Over 36 million Americans are on high alert as hazardous weather looms over the Upper Midwest. Starting Monday, people will likely experience strong thunderstorms, large hail, and tornadoes. The alerts come after a stormy Sunday, when 10 tornadoes were sighted in western Nebraska. Baseball-sized hail also pummelled most areas. A tornado even derailed a train…
Hobby forums, normally places for trading tips about knitting patterns and sharing photos of new projects, are now hosting in-depth analyses of tariff news and heated political debates. Ben Schinkel, 42, an avid gamer who voted for Mr. Trump, said that the news cycle had inspired him to do some research into tariffs; he concluded…
US President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest level since he returned to the White House, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The survey found that only 42% of US citizens approve of the way Trump is handling the administration. That’s a slight dip from 43% three weeks earlier and down from…