NEW DELHI: Can a governor keep a bill passed by the assembly pending indefinitely to frustrate the will of the people exercised through the legislature? Supreme Court raised the question – its refrain through the hearings on presidential reference over the court’s decision to fix timelines for governors and the President to take calls on…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis blasted the H-1B visa programme, calling it a “total scam” and accusing companies of exploiting the system to undercut American workers. “I think you’re right to say the H-1B, it’s become a total scam,” DeSantis told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “These companies game the system. You have some of these…
California’s political landscape is at an inflection point. Amid escalating economic pressures, infrastructure challenges, and debates over social policy, the state is witnessing an infusion of new voices from outside traditional political pathways. At the forefront of this trend is Ethan Agarwal, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose career has seamlessly bridged finance, technology, and enterprise….
A Minneapolis Catholic school turned into the scene of fear and chaos Wednesday morning when gunfire broke out during the first week of classes, prompting a rapid, multi-agency law enforcement response and urgent evacuations of children.Authorities confirmed that the shooting occurred at Annunciation School, a pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade institution housed within Annunciation Church. The Minneapolis…
Harish Salve (File photo); Supreme court building New Delhi: Maharashtra, through senior lawyer Harish Salve, told Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Constitution empowers a governor or the President, not an assembly, to have the final say on a state bill. It made a five-judge bench led by CJI B R Gavai ask: “Is this…
US President Donald Trump’s attempt to dismissal Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is expected to land in court, raising questions over the extent of presidential powers against the traditionally independent central bank.Legal experts say Trump’s claim that he can fire Cook, a Biden appointee, is legally weak but unprecedented. The Supreme Court has recently allowed…
President Donald Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook late Monday, a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over what has long been considered an institution independent of day-to-day politics. Trump said in a letter posted on his Truth Social platform that he is firing Cook because of allegations that she committed…
A few days ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom ignited a national storm when he accused Ivy League stalwarts, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania, of “selling their souls” to the Trump administration in exchange for federal research funds. His words cut deeply into the moral crisis facing higher education: should universities bend to…
President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to expand his military deployments to more Democratic-led cities, responding to an offer by Maryland’s governor to join him in a tour of Baltimore by saying he might instead “send in the ‘troops.’” Last week, Trump said he was considering Chicago and New York for troop deployments similar to…
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने गुरुवार (21 अगस्त, 2025) को केंद्र सरकार से पूछा कि अगर राज्यपाल सालों तक विधेयकों को रोके रखते हैं, जिससे राज्य विधानमंडल ‘निष्प्रभावी’ हो जाता है तो क्या ऐसी स्थिति में अदालतों के पास हस्तक्षेप करने की शक्ति नहीं है. चीफ जस्टिस बीआर गवई की अध्यक्षता वाली पांच-सदस्यीय संविधान पीठ ने यह…