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The US government announced on October 8 a freeze on green-card applications for Microsoft, Adobe, and major IT outsourcing companies while opening investigations into nine top universities, aiming to combat fraud and protect American jobs. Vice President J.D. Vance specifically criticized Microsoft for laying off 6,000 American workers in 2025 while employing 6,300 H-1B visa holders and nearly 3,000 green-card recipients. Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the execution of convicted military base shooter Nidal Hasan would be public and carried out by a firing squad.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On October 8, the Trump administration suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and several other major IT companies from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program, which is part of the green card process for skilled foreign workers. This move was made by US Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling, citing alleged fraud and an effort to encourage companies to hire more American employees. The suspended firms also include Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini. Vance accused Microsoft of abusing the system by laying off 6,000 American workers while benefiting from nearly 3,000 green cards for foreign workers. The suspension will indefinitely block these companies from filing new or pending PERM applications for hiring foreign employees permanently in the US.
Written for “US blocks tech firms visas” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 7 other(s) covering the same event.
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Written under an earlier scoring contract, which gave a paragraph
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While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 9, 2026
US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications
The Trump administration froze on Oct 8 some green-card filings by Microsoft, Adobe and major IT outsourcers and opened probes into nine top universities, widening a visa crackdown it says targets fraud and protects American jobs.
uncertain
it → sleep → jobs
The twin actions mark the broadest strike yet against skilled-worker immigration programmes – potentially cutting off a common path to permanent residency for foreign tech workers – while putting some of the country’s top research universities on notice.
asserted
actions → mark → notice
“There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused the system more than Microsoft,” Vice-President J.D. Vance said.
asserted
Vance → abuse → Microsoft
He said the company laid off 6,000 American workers in 2025 while benefiting from 6,300 H-1B temporary worker visas and nearly 3,000 green cards.
asserted
company → say → visas
‘Public’ execution by firing squad for military base shooter
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the firing squad execution of convicted military base shooter Nidal Hasan will be “public,” according to a video shared on Oct 8 by the Pentagon.
uncertain
execution → say → Pentagon
“He’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be, and we’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public,” Hegseth told right-wing influencer Jack Posobiec in a clip posted on X by various official Pentagon accounts.
asserted
Hegseth → go → accounts
“People need to understand that... there’s serious consequence for these types of things,” Hegseth said, speaking aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
asserted
Hegseth → need → carrier
France pledges 3,000 substitute teachers after protests
France’s education minister on Oct 8 promised 3,000 substitute teachers for the country’s worst-off high schools, after tens of thousands took to the streets nationwide to demand better education and less police brutality.
asserted
thousands → pledge → education
Students have blocked entrances to hundreds of high schools for more than a week, with squads of riot police deployed - occasionally resulting in violent clashes.
asserted
squads → block → clashes
High school students across the country - most aged 15 to 18 - have complained of absent teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures.
asserted
that → age → temperatures
Russian strike on buses kills 30 in frontline Ukrainian city
Ukraine on Oct 8 accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians after 30 people were killed when two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, in one of the deadliest single attacks for weeks.
asserted
buses → kill → weeks
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that the attack “will not go unanswered” after photos posted by local authorities showed the burnt-out metal shell of the vehicles, with bodies and debris strewn across the road.
asserted
photos → vow → road
“Russia is trying to destroy all life in (the) Donbas (region) and the world must respond to this,” he wrote on Telegram, warning that the death toll could rise.
uncertain
toll → try → Telegram
City must ‘stick together’ during crisis, says Haaland
Erling Haaland said Manchester City must “stick together” in uncertain times after being found guilty of over 100 charges of breaking Premier League financial rules.
asserted
City → stick → rules
City face a severe points penalty or even expulsion from the Premier League after an independent commission found they used “sham” commercial contracts to inflate revenue and cut costs by over £900 million (S$1.5 billion) between 2009 and 2018.
asserted
they → face → 2009
Haaland did not join City until 2022, but it is the current squad that could bear the burden of any sanction.
uncertain
that → join → sanction
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