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Trump shortens work permit duration for asylum seekers

The Trump administration shortened the work permit duration for asylum seekers on Thursday, citing security concerns with immigrant populations. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its policy manual to cut the validity period for Employment Authorization

Trump switches lead architect for White House ballroom

President Trump has swapped architects to lead the construction of a ballroom on the White House grounds, an administration official confirmed Thursday. Trump had tapped James McCrery II and his architecture firm to handle the $300 million project, which has generated

New massive duck-billed dinosaur species identified

There's a new dinosaur species on the block. An international team, including a biologist from Penn State Lehigh Valley, discovered that a 75-million-year-old fossil classified as a different dinosaur is its own massive, duck-billed species. Working with the New Mexico Museum

Young Americans increasingly say US on wrong track: Poll

A growing number of young Americans say the U.S. is on the wrong track, according to new polling from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School. The Fall 2025 Harvard Youth Poll, conducted in early November, shows 57 percent of adults ages 18 to 29 say things in the