Immigration & Visas
Visa suspensions, work authorization, citizenship challenges
State Department pauses immigrant visas for 75 nations effective Jan 21. Country checker, visa stage risk meter, public charge worksheet.
Wage-based selection FINAL RULE effective Feb 26, 2026. $100K fee upheld. Lottery officially dead for FY2027.
Priority date calculator, 75-country pause checker, country dashboard. Philippines, India, China wait times. Is EB-3 still realistic?
$100K payment, wage-weighted lottery, enhanced vetting. Prevailing wage calculator, lottery odds, RFE analyzer, $100K fee checker.
No employer required. Matter of Dhanasar 3-prong test. Eligibility assessment, case strength analyzer, timeline & cost calculators.
Self-petition for scientists, researchers, artists, athletes. 10 criteria checklist, evidence strength analyzer, EB-1A vs NIW comparison.
No cap, no lottery. 8 criteria scoring, evidence builder, O-1A vs H-1B comparison, timeline calculator.
Transfer executives, managers, specialized knowledge. L-1A vs L-1B comparison, blanket eligibility, timeline calculator.
L-1A to green card pathway. Managerial capacity checker, qualifying relationship analyzer, no labor certification required.
63 qualifying professions. No lottery, no cap. Profession checker, document generator, POE vs consular process.
Landscaping, hospitality, seafood processing. Cap tracker, temporary need qualifier, timeline calculator.
Complete F-1 guide: SEVIS compliance, OPT timeline calculator, STEM OPT eligibility, Cap-Gap checker, H-1B transition paths.
Complete guide: Spouse of citizen, spouse of LPR, I-751 remove conditions, waivers. Pathway finder, timeline calculators, interview prep.
90-day marriage requirement, timeline calculator, I-129F checklist, K-1 vs CR-1 comparison, cost estimator.
Start or buy a US business. Treaty country checker, investment calculator, E-2 vs EB-5 vs L-1 comparison.
Invest for a green card. TEA eligibility checker, regional center vs direct, source of funds checklist, timeline calculator.
Now live: $1M Gold Card + $5M Platinum Card. Program launched on trumpcard.gov. Lawsuit filed Feb 3. Eligibility calculator.
Track all federal court challenges. 14th Amendment analysis, case dashboard, constitutional arguments.
DOJ quotas, 2,500+ cases, 95% success rate. Self-assessment checklist, process timeline, risk factors.
All visa types, green cards, work authorization. Breaking news, employment-based, family, students. Bilingual EN/ES.
EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, EB-1C, EB-3, EB-5. Self-petition vs employer-sponsored. Priority dates, pathway comparison.
Every country, every restriction, every overstay rate. 40 countries ranked by severity.
Trade & Tariffs
Import costs, tariff calculations, business impacts
China 30% (down from 60%), India 18%, Argentina deal. IEEPA authority at SCOTUS (ruling Feb 20+). Overall rate 13.5%.
Rates now 15% for Japan/Korea/EU, 25% base. Average car up ~$6K. USMCA review July 2026. Calculate by brand.
SCOTUS hearing IEEPA tariff authority case, ruling expected Feb 20+. If struck down: fallback to Section 232, 301, 201, 122.
Federal Workforce
DOGE cuts, Schedule F, DEI compliance, defense contractors
322K federal employees exited β largest since WWII. 17K fired via RIF, 75K accepted buyouts. USAID cut 92%.
Final rule published Feb 5, effective March 9. 50K employees targeted. MSPB appeal rights eliminated.
4th Circuit vacated injunction (Feb 6) β EO enforcement proceeding. EEOC soliciting complaints from white men. Grantmaking EO Aug 2025.
Jan 7 EO: stock buyback ban, exec comp tied to performance. RTX singled out. $1.5T FY2027 budget proposed.
Congress passed $79B budget (rejected 15% cuts). Federal school choice tax credits in OBBBA. DOE functions being transferred.
Foreign Policy
Territorial claims, international organizations, sanctions
Complete WEF coverage: Trump's Greenland speech, Macron's tariff rebuke, Carney's "rupture" warning, Ukraine peace talks. Leader comparison, key quotes.
Consent Matrix, Pathway Selector, Coercion Stress Test. UN Charter, NATO implications.
Three constitutional gates, $909B trade leverage, USMCA July 2026 review.
WHO, Paris Agreement, UNESCO and 63 more. Legal authority, implementation timeline.
Legality test, authority stack, statelessness analyzer. UNCLOS vs. sanctions friction.
Tech & Business
TikTok ban, AI regulation, cryptocurrency policy
Deal closed Jan 22, 2026. Oracle/Silver Lake joint venture, ByteDance 19.9%. Track compliance and creator impact.
Dec 2025 EO creates DOJ AI Task Force. BEAD broadband funding conditioned on state AI law repeal. 36 AGs pushing back. CO law targeted.
Reserve holds ~198K BTC. GENIUS Act signed. DOJ crypto team disbanded. SEC rescinded SAB 121. BTC at ~$60K.
Economy & Finance
Fed independence, energy policy, healthcare costs
Grand jury subpoenas served. Kevin Warsh nominated as replacement. Lisa Cook firing at SCOTUS. Senate blocking until charges dropped.
Permits up 55%, record LNG exports (100M metric tons), gas at $2.81/gal. Offshore drilling expansion. Paris exit Jan 27.
ACA subsidies expired. OBBBA cut $1T from Medicaid. "Great Healthcare Plan" announced Jan 15. Premiums doubled for unsubsidized.
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