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Sarakshi Rai

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Director, Audience @TheHill | Dreaming of my next adventure | DC via Dubai, Mumbai, London | 🇮🇳 in 🇺🇸

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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
US Citizenship and Immigration Services finalized sweeping new H-1B regulations overhauling eligibility standards for the primary visa program used by skilled foreign workers in the US. The H-1B work visa has been criticized as too complicated and susceptible to abuse. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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DHS overhauls H-1B visa program
The Biden administration announced a rule Tuesday clarifying who can apply for an H-1B work visa, a key program to attract international talent that’s been criticized as too complicated and suscept…
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Judy Kurtz @judykurtz.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Excited to reveal this year's @thehill.com's Changemakers! Agree or disagree with them, our 24 of 2024 Changemakers are steering the convo, smashing barriers, and blazing paths at the Capitol and around the world.
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Here are The Hill’s Changemakers 2024
Welcome to The Hill’s Changemakers: 24 of 2024. For the second year in a row, we’re highlighting both the household names and lesser-known players who are making an impact at the Capito…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/12/2024
Empower, the ride-hailing start-up, has become a serious rival to Uber and Lyft in Washington, D.C. It now does 100,000 rides in the city each week, good for 10% of the local market, a larger share than the city’s taxis.
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How Empower Has Become Uber’s Rival in Washington D.C.
A company called Empower is trying to take on Uber, Lyft and local regulators as it piles up fines and draws new passengers to its service.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi "sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation." @thehill.com
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Tulsi Gabbard is struggling through her meetings w/ senators, sources told The Hill, highlighting the difficult path she faces in winning confirmation to be director of national intelligence. But the Trump transition pushed back on reporting that Gabbard is struggling in her meetings. @thehill.com
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Gabbard struggles to woo senators ahead of confirmation fight
Tulsi Gabbard is struggling through her meetings with senators this week, sources told The Hill, highlighting the difficult path she faces in winning confirmation to be director of national intelli…
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Elvia Limón @elvialimon.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Took a sec but finally got The Hill on bsky! Please go follow. 🙂 bsky.app/profile/theh...
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Anthony Shop @afshop.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Excited to moderate a Bluesky briefing with @liahaberman.bsky.social @andreas212nyc.bsky.social and @sarakshi.bsky.social 12/17 We'll also be sharing a few tips from #43 top Blueskyer @aaronparnas.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/events/blues...
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Bluesky & the Future of Digital | LinkedIn
Bluesky has grown to nearly 25 million users in recent weeks. As the platform gains traction in an ever-crowded social media landscape, marketing and communications leaders are left wondering: Is this...
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Republican senators who last week looked like they might be wavering on Trump's Pete Hegseth pick sent a different signal on Monday. In between, there was pressure from the MAGA movement. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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GOP senators feel weight of Trump’s loyalty test on nominees
Weeks before even taking office, President-elect Trump is already sorely testing the loyalty of Republican senators by pushing an array of controversial nominees to key positions, putting enormous …
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was spotted walking back to his Capitol office followed by a medical team after he fell following a Republican lunch meeting Tuesday. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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McConnell receives medical attention after falling
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was spotted walking back to his Capitol office followed by a medical team after he fell following a Republican lunch meeting Tuesday. McConnell was es…
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Love when I go on vacation and come back to find that the entire newsroom has moved from Slack to Teams. Struggle is real this Monday.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Live updates: 26-year-old suspect named in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s shooting thehill.com/homenews/503...
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Live updates: 26-year-old suspect named in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s shooting
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Pennsylvania in connection to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, after police recovered evidence and a fraudulent ID.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Somewhere over the Atlantic.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s embattled pick for Defense secretary, faced growing scrutiny from Republican senators after a new set of revelations over the weekend involving allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct in his past. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth faces growing GOP scrutiny as allegations mount
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s embattled pick for Defense secretary, faced growing scrutiny from Republican senators Tuesday after a new set of revelations over the weekend involving a…
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It’s been FIVE YEARS to the day since a man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19…
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
President Biden announced Sunday he signed a pardon for his son, Hunter, arguing the charges against his son were brought for political reasons. trib.al/CaB1Aca
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Biden pardons his son, Hunter
President Biden announced Sunday he signed a pardon for his son, Hunter, arguing the charges against his son were brought for political reasons. “No reasonable person who looks at the facts o…
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/11/2024
This story knocked the wind out of me and i hope esquire paid this man. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Woke up in New Delhi.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
President-elect Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles says the Trump-Vance transition team has signed a memorandum of understanding the Biden- Harris administration.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A view that never gets old.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Israeli government is expected to shortly announce its agreement to a cease-fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon that will begin Wednesday morning, according to a source familiar in The Hill.
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Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire to start Wednesday morning
The Israeli government is expected to shortly announce its agreement to a cease-fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon that will begin Wednesday morning, according to a source familiar. The announcement is…
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
It’s official! The launch of the new Press Freedom Center today at the National Press Club once again showed how important it is to support and strive for a future where journalists are free to operate independently and freely.
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Zach Schonfeld @zschonfeld.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Special Counsel Jack Smith has asked a judge to dismiss Trump’s Jan. 6 criminal case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... “This prosecution must be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated.”
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The new Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club launches today! The Center will focus on campaigns advocating the release of detained journalists, support for those exiled from their home countries, and assisting US journalists and news organizations. www.press.org/newsroom/pre...
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Press Freedom Center gets official launch at Club on Monday
Throughout this past year, the National Press Club leadership has been working to formalize and bolster the press freedom work the Club has done through the Press Freedom Center at the National Press ...
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Republican senators are squirming over the rash of sexual misconduct allegations against President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks, which they fear will become a focal point of Senate confirmation hearings next year.
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GOP senators squirm over sex-related allegations against Trump Cabinet picks
Republican senators are squirming over the rash of sexual misconduct allegations against President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks, which they fear will become a focal point of Senate confirmatio…
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
It’s such a beautiful day in DC today.
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Taylor Giorno @taylorgiorno.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Made a little starter pack ft. The Hill's fabulous reporters and editors go.bsky.app/Ek7F6Tr
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said he was withdrawing from consideration as President-elect Trump’s nomination to be attorney general.
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Gaetz withdraws from attorney general consideration
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has withdrawn his nomination to be Attorney General for President-elect Trump.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
President-elect Trump has tapped Karoline Leavitt, the top spokesperson for his 2024 campaign, to be his White House press secretary when he takes office in January.
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Speaker Johnson urges Ethics panel not to release Gaetz report. “I do not, no,” Mike Johnson told reporters when asked if the panel should release its report. “I think it’s a terrible breach of protocol and tradition and the spirit of the rule.”
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Speaker Johnson urges Ethics panel not to release Gaetz report
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is urging the House Ethics Committee to not release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), as pressure mounts on the panel to publish its findings about the Flo…
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Sarakshi Rai @sarakshi.bsky.social · 31/07/2023
Hello! I'm the Director of Audience for The Hill and I'm finally on bsky. What have I missed?
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