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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the decision on Tuesday and said that it would also drop the proposed limits on visa for journalists. The DHS said that it had received about 32,000 public comments, of which 99 per cent were critical of the proposal made by the Trump administration last September and, therefore, it was withdrawing the proposed changes.

At 32, Khan is said to be the youngest chair in Federal Trade Commission (FTC) history. Wednesday was Khan's first full day in her new role. Her term runs until September 25, 2024. Khan was sworn in as chair of the FTC after the Senate confirmed her via a 69-28 vote. Khan will now be one of three FTC Democratic commissioners. While still a law student at Yale, Khan cranked out a 96 page zinger titled "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox,".

The White House on Thursday said Venkataraman has been nominated for the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the US and Foreign Commercial Service. According to the India West media outlet, Venkataraman currently serves in the Biden administration as Counselor to the Secretary of Commerce

According to a White House announcement on Wednesday, Radhika Fox would become Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency, while Meera Joshi is being named as Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation.

The Imran Khan-led dispensation had hoped to opt for a transactional relationship with the new US administration, knowing that President Joe Biden knew Pakistan well as the Vice President earlier, and had a better knowledge of the country, which Islamabad felt would pave the way for a better understanding.

Last month, Democrats introduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress that would remove the country quotas for green cards. While spouses of citizens are not restricted by the quotas, all other countries except for Canada and Mexico are each allowed only 26,000 green cards each year and this has created a huge backlog for applicants from countries like India, while some nations do not use their full quota.

If confirmed, Khan, 32, from Columbia Law School would be one of three FTC Democratic commissioners (and the youngest ever) overseeing privacy, data security and antitrust. That could include a decision on whether to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, which the FTC has been investigating. In 2017, Khan authored an article for the Yale Law Journal titled "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox," that went viral.

"I urge Congress to swiftly pass the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act, which would expedite the federal government's response to the rise of hate crimes exacerbated during the pandemic, support state and local governments to improve hate crimes reporting, and ensure that hate crimes information is more accessible to Asian American communities," the president said in a statement released by the White House on Friday.

"Don't come over," Biden said on Tuesday, repeating a plea by officials to people from Central America converging along the border with Mexico. US border security personnel caught more than 97,000 people illegally crossing into the US.

As per the four-point strategy, Washington has proposed a UN-sponsored meeting of foreign ministers of Iran, China, Russia, Pakistan and India to discuss what it called "unified approach" for the Afghan peace. Zalmay Khalilzad has been instructed to ensure that the US' proposal is shared both with the Afghan administration and the Taliban.