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Sep 19, 2025 President Trump signed a proclamation imposing a $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The proclamation used executive immigration power to raise barriers for skilled-worker visas, affecting labor access and testing legal limits on fee-setting.
Independently corroborated by1 independent news desk
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Supporting reports
- Trump signs proclamation imposing annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visas — On September 19, 2025, Donald Trump signed a proclamation imposing an annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 35 – 2025-09-13–2025-09-19
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Sep 17, 2025 President Trump announced plans to designate antifa as a major terrorist organization Corroborated Power and Authority
The announcement sought to redefine a domestic political movement through executive security language, expanding the state's power to frame dissent as threat.
Independently corroborated by1 independent news desk
Supporting reportingSurfacings — do not carry alone
MeidasTouch · Zeteo · The Guardian · CNN
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- Trump Designates ANTIFA as a Major Terrorist Organization — President Trump announced the designation of ANTIFA as a major terrorist organization, despite legal experts noting that no law authorizes the president to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations.
- Trump Plans to Designate 'Antifa' as Terrorist Organization — President Trump announced plans to designate "antifa" as a major terrorist organization, despite its lack of centralized structure.
- Trump plans to designate antifa as a 'major terrorist organization' — Donald Trump announced his intention to designate antifa, a decentralized movement of far-left-leaning activist groups, as a "major terrorist organization." This announcement was made during his state visit to the UK
Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks
Week 35 – 2025-09-13–2025-09-19
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Sep 15, 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged to revoke visas for people who celebrated Charlie Kirk's killing Corroborated Power and Authority
The pledge tied immigration status to political expression, expanding executive punishment for speech by noncitizens.
Independently corroborated by4 independent news desks
ABC7 Chicago · BBC · The Hill · CNN
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- Secretary of State Rubio's Pledge to Revoke Visas for Kirk Critics — U.S.
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Verified: Corroborated — 2+ independent news desks
Week 35 – 2025-09-13–2025-09-19
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