The Trump administration is looking at a controversial plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War. President Trump argues that this change would better show the US military’s offensive capabilities. According to the Wall Street Journal, lawmakers and administration officials are considering how to make this change happen, with some support in Congress starting to show.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered US embassies worldwide to stop scheduling interviews for student visas as the Trump administration weighs stricter vetting of applicants’ social-media profiles.
The directive, laid out in a cable sent to diplomats worldwide on Tuesday, marks the latest effort by the administration to restrict foreign students’ entry to American schools over claims that they might threaten US national security or promote antisemitism.
