Desi Weekly News Digest 

NATIONAL

Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations: The Trump administration has restored the student visa registrations of thousands of foreign students studying in the United States who had minor — and often dismissed — legal infractions. POLITICO

Effect of Tariffs Begin: DHL Express is suspending deliveries to the US worth more than $800 because of a "significant increase" in red tape at customs following the introduction of Donald Trump's new tariff regime. BBC

Immigrant Asked to Leave Despite Being a Citizen: An American citizen born and raised in California is unsettled after receiving an email from the US Department of Homeland Security ordering him to leave the country "immediately." LATIN TIMES

INTERNATIONAL

Shock and Condolences over Terror Attack in Pahalgam: Indian American lawmakers expressed their sorrow and condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in the Indian state of Kashmir, where more than two dozen tourists were killed in a brutal terror attack. INDIA CURRENTS

Pope Francis Dies: Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, ending an often turbulent reign in which he sought to overhaul an ancient and divided institution. REUTERS

CORRUPTION ALERT

Trump Offers Private Dinner to Meme Coin Investors: The value of President Donald Trump’s meme coin soared Wednesday after a website promoting it announced that some holders of the coin would receive an invitation to a private dinner with Trump – in a stark illustration of his family’s drive to profit off cryptocurrency while he serves in the White House. CNN

Kleptocracy, Inc: Long and detailed article in the Atlantic about Trump’s conflicts of interest. (paywall)

Insider Trading on Unprecedented Scale: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, and Oracle CEO Safra Catz allegedly offloaded shares in the first quarter ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement that tumbled markets worldwide. TOI

SCIENCE

$50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to carbon-removal company that helps Indian farmers: Mati Carbon, A company that spreads crushed rock on farmers’ fields to help draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been awarded a $50 million grand prize in a global competition funded by Elon Musk’s foundation. AP NEWS

HEALTH

Measles and Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise: Diseases once almost eradicated are on the rise again in the US because of drop in vaccinations. (Please vaccinate!) AP NEWS WASHINGTON POST

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