Morning Digest: U.S. judge strikes down Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee; 24 Indian sailors rescued from ship hit by U.S. missile, and more
A U.S. federal judge struck down a $100,000 H-1B visa fee, while other reports detail a fatal industrial accident in India and a U.S. missile strike on a tanker near Oman. Additionally, political tensions are rising in India regarding exam controversies and border security talks with Bangladesh.
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Covers significant geopolitical and economic developments, including U.S. immigration policy, industrial safety, and regional stability in South Asia.
A federal judge on Monday (June 8, 2026) struck down a $100,000 fee that U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, concluding that it constituted an unlawful tax that Congress never authorised. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenging a fee Mr. Trump announced in September that dramatically raised the cost of obtaining H-1B visas.
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