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for a green card, temporary visa holders who decide they won green cards must first return
“to their home countries and apply from there, NPR's Jasmine Gars reports."”
In the past, visa holders have been able to file for an adjustment of status in the US, and in many cases, stay while it was pending. The memo reiterates that visa holders looking to get a green card, which is a permanent residency, must apply from their home countries, people like international students for skilled workers with H1B visas.
In the memo, United States citizenship and immigration services, or USCIS, said the pathway to permanent residency has been abused for decades, and that people who are denied or in waiting sometimes stay illegally. Immigration advocates say it would place people's lean dangers, circumstances, and vulnerable positions, and which they'd have to return to that danger.
Jasmine Gars to NPR News, New York. The new chair of the federal reserve says he hopes to get inflation under control, NPR Scott Horzley reports Kevin Worsh was sworn in on Friday. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had ministered the oath in the White House Eastroom,
Worsh is the first Fed chairman to be sworn in there since Alan Greenspan in the 1980s.
“Despite his eye, and the Fed is supposed to be insulated from political interference,”
President Trump has repeatedly challenged those boundaries, though, attacking the central bank for not slashing interest rates. Trump hinted at a different approach with Worsh. "I want Kevin to be totally independent. I want him to be independent and just do a great job.
Don't look at me. Don't look at anybody. Just do your own thing and do a great job." Interest rate cuts are less likely now that the U.S. War with Iran is putting upward pressure on gas prices and inflation.
Scott Horzley and Pernu is Washington.
About 39 million Americans are expected to be driving this weekend as gas prices have risen
more than 50 percent since the war in Iran began NPR's Stephen Basharra has tips on how drivers can save money. When driving, think slow and smooth.
“The faster you go above 55 miles per hour, the less fuel efficient your car becomes.”
Total acceleration and braking also helps. When refueling, feel free to skip the more expensive premium gas. Unless your car requires premium, you could stick with regular without any damage. When you're filling up that car, also considering filling up your tires, under-inflated wheels will hurt your fuel efficiency.
Also pack light, less weight in the car means less spending. The cooler gets a pass, though, if you're packing road snacks and sandwiches. If you're all saving gas, it's a much help if you're spending more refueling your stomach. Stephen Messahah and Pernu's. Wall Street will be closed Monday for Memorial Day, but all three indexes, the Dow, the
S&P and the Nasdaq, closed higher on Friday. You're listening to NPR News. Google is changing what it means to Google the tech company is integrating AI more deeply into its core internet search function. But as NPR's John Routich reports, critics say it could mean fewer choices for the use
users. At its annual developer conference this week, Google said it's making its iconic search box more dynamic so it can expand with longer searches. Users can also put pictures or documents into it for new kinds of searches. And it's folding more AI into its search.
The company has put AI over views on some searches for about a year and it sees the integration of the two as the way forward. Critics warn that AI answers could give consumers less choice as AI prioritizes suggestions over web links, that could also undermine the internet economy and businesses that are relying on clicks, including online shops, web advertisers and even news organizations.
John Routich and PR News. The president of the Maryland State Senate says he's now open to having the state redraw its congressional lines in 2027. This to possibly eliminate the only Republican health congressional district and give Democrats an opportunity to add another seed in the 2020 election.
Senator Bill Ferguson had previously been opposed to redrawing the lines but he told NPR member station WIPR in Baltimore that the Supreme Court's decision on the voting rights act and the Republican led efforts to redraw congressional districts in numerous southern states means in his words the rules have changed. Maryland's Democratic Governor Westmore says the state in this case needs to move more aggressively.
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