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The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops.The changes were outlined in a policy memo posted Tuesday on the website of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency tasked with processing and approving all requests for immigration benefits.The pause puts on hold a wide range of immigration-related decisions such as green card applications or naturalizations for immigrants from those 19 countries that the Trump administration has described as high-risk. It’s up to the agency’s director, Joseph Edlow, on when to lift the pause, the memo said.The administration in June banned travel to the U.S. by citizens of 12 countries and restricted access for those from seven others, citing national security concerns.The ban applied to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen while the restricted access applied to people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.At the time, no action was taken against immigrants from those countries who were already in the U.S. before the travel ban went into effect.But now the news from USCIS means those people already in the U.S. regardless of when they arrived will come under extra scrutiny.The agency said it would conduct a comprehensive review of all “approved benefit requests” for immigrants who entered the country during the Biden administration.The agency cited the shooting of two National Guard troops by a suspect who is an Afghan national as a reason for the pause and heightened scrutiny for people from those countries. One National Guard soldier was killed and another wounded in the Thanksgiving week shooting near the White House.“In light of identified concerns and the threat to the American people, USCIS has determined that a comprehensive re-review, potential interview, and re-interview of all aliens from high-risk countries of concern who entered the United States on or after January 20, 2021 is necessary,” the agency said.The agency said in the Tuesday memo that within 90 days it would create a prioritized list of immigrants for review and if necessary, referral to immigration enforcement or other law enforcement agencies.Since the shooting, the administration has announced a flurry of decisions it was taking to scrutinize immigrants already in the country and those seeking to come to the U.S.Last week, the director of USCIS said in a social media post that his agency would be reexamining green card applications for people from countries “of concern.” But the policy directive Tuesday goes further and lays out in more detail the scope of who will be affected.USCIS also said last week that it was pausing all asylum decisions, and the State Department said it was halting visas for Afghans who assisted the U.S. war effort.Days before the shooting, USCIS said in a separate memo that the administration would review the cases of all refugees who entered the U.S. during the Biden administration.Critics have said that the Trump administration’s actions have amounted to collective punishment for immigrants. Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
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Chanel’s new showman, Matthieu Blazy, took his designs on the road Tuesday or rather, underground, with a buzzy New York runway show staged on an actual subway platform.The designer, just weeks after his splashy Paris debut for Chanel in October, took over a decommissioned part of Manhattan’s Bowery station for his first Métiers d’Art collection. The annual show, which takes place in a different city each year, celebrates the craftsmanship of the artisans that partner with Chanel.In this case, it was two showsone in the afternoon and one in the evening. And befitting the first Chanel shows in New York since 2018, there were VIPs aplenty: A$AP Rocky, Tilda Swinton, Ayo Edebiri, Rose Byrne, Kristen Stewart, Sofia Coppola, Lupita Nyong’o, Jessie Buckley, Margaret Qualley, Bowen Yang, Jon Bon Jovi, and many others.The location had been a closely held secret. Guests entered via a doorway at 168 Bowery, and at first, it seemed like Chanel had perhaps decorated an event space to resemble a subway station, complete with tiled walls, turnstiles and a newsstand (with its own bespoke newspapers).But down a flight of stairs was the real platform. Guests settled into bleacher seats resembling subway benches. “Stand clear of the closing doors!” came the announcement on the soundtrack, familiar to New Yorkers. Then a train came rolling in, and out of the cars came the models.The show was a marked contrast in vibe with the last Métiers d’Art collection in New York in 2018, when the late designer Karl Lagerfeld took over the Egyptian Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for what felt like a mini-Met Gala, with clothes channeling the luxury of Egyptian royalty.Blazy was inspired not by royalty but by ordinary urban commuters, of different ages and types, coming together in a mashup of styles from different eras, from the 1920s onward.“The New York subway belongs to all,” the designer said in his show notes. “Everyone uses it. There are students and game-changers, statesmen and teenagers. It is a place full of wonderful encounters, a clash of pop archetypes.”His models strolled the platform, some checking for arriving trainsfeigning annoyance at their latenessor leaning against a post as they waited. Their numbers increased until, by the end, there was a virtual rush hour of fashion, with the eclectic soundtrack playing the Happy Days theme song as a finale.Some of these commuters wore classic Chanel suitsperhaps with an “I (Heart) NY” T-shirtand others, tweed coats, flowing black capes or brightly patterned skirts. All were intended to show off the craftsmanship involved.“This felt like breaking the system,” said Stewart, speaking after the afternoon show. “I genuinely had an emotional response to the show. I felt like I just saw so many different versions of a person walking. It wasn’t one woman.”Stewart, like others, had no idea going in what the show’s theme would be, and thought the subway environment felt like “a flurry of fleeting caught moments.”“Like, ‘Where is she going?’ I wanted to go with them,” Stewart said. “I believed in it. All of this is artifice, but when you do a really good impression of the truth, you find your own. This felt real to me.”It was real enough that Chanel had printed its own “newspaper”called La Gazetteto accompany the show, with articles and interviews. An interview with Blazy quoted the designer as saying the collection was inspired partly by the 1931 visit to New York of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel.And he sang the praises of the subway.“It’s almost like it’s the vortex of the city,” Blazy said. “It connects everything.” Jocelyn Noveck, AP National Writer
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Many major platforms provide personalized year in review features that highlight how users have spent their time over the past year. Spotify Wrapped is the most popular of these summaries, but Apple Music, Snapchat, Deezer, and others also offer them. And now, internet users have a new year-in-review feature to check out this year: YouTube Recap. Heres what you need to know about the video sites year-in-review and how to access itespecially if you’re looking to kill some time while waiting for Spotify Wrapped 2025 to come out. What is YouTube Recap? YouTube Recap is Googles just-announced year-in-review feature for its YouTube platform. The personalized recap displays various metrics about your YouTube viewing habits over the past year. The Recap feature takes the form of a Story, or YouTube Short. As YouTube explained in a blog post, Youll get a set of up to 12 different cards that spotlight your top channels, interests, and even the evolution of your viewing habits, or which personality type you fall into based on the videos you loved to watch! Cards include your top interests, your top channels, and your interests based on video views. If you listen to a lot of music on YouTube, your YouTube Recap will also display your top artists and top songs from YouTube Music. One interesting bit of information comes from a disclaimer that the YouTube Recap displays when you view it. That disclaimer reads AI can make mistakes. This suggests that Google is relying on artificial intelligence to curate and assemble YouTube Recap videos. Discover your YouTube personality Your YouTube Recap video may also feature a personality card that YouTube says reveals what type of personality you have based on your YouTube watch history. The full list of possible personalities includes: The Adventurer: Youre drawn to content that takes you on an exciting journey. The Challenger: Youre drawn to content that shows competition and rising to the challenge. The Changemaker: Youre drawn to content that inspires positive change in the world. The Connector: Youre drawn to content that sparks conversation and builds community. The Creative Spirit: Youre drawn to content that inspires self-expression. The Curious Mind: Youre drawn to educational content that helps you understand the world. The Dreamer: Youre drawn to content that fuels your imagination. The Philosopher: Youre drawn to content that explores the deeper meaning of things. The Self-Improver: Youre drawn to content that helps you grow and reach your potential. The Serenity Seeker: Youre drawn to content that helps you relax and find your inner peace. The Skill Builder: Youre drawn to content that helps you develop skills. The Sunshiner: Youre drawn to content that spreads positivity and good vibes. The Trailblazer: Youre drawn to content thats original and challenges the norm. The Wonder Seeker: Youre drawn to awe-inspiring content that shows extraordinary skills. In its blog post, YouTube says the most common personalities are the Connector, the Sunshiner, and the Wonder Seeker. The least common personalities are the Dreamer and the Philosopher, which YouTube says are more elusive and rare personas. How to access your YouTube Recap 2025 on the web YouTube provides two ways users can access their YouTube Recap. The first is by using any web browser. To access your YouTube 2025 Recap on the web: Go to www.youtube.com/recap and make sure you are signed in. Youll find a Your 2025 Recap is here! banner at the top of the page. Click it. Your YouTube Recap video will open on the same webpage. How to access your YouTube Recap 2025 in the YouTube app You can also access your YouTube Recap directly in the YouTube app on iPhone and Android. Heres how: Open the YouTube app. Tap the You tab. Youll find a Your 2025 Recap is here! banner at the top of the page. Tap it. Your YouTube Recap video will now open in the YouTube app on your smartphone. How to share your YouTube Recap video While people love viewing their year-in-review roundups, many also enjoy sharing them with friends and family. And YouTube makes it easy to share your YouTube Recap video. The caveat here, however, is that you need to share it from the YouTube app. Sharing of your YouTube Recap video from a web browser does not seem to be supported at this time. To share your YouTube Recap video: Open the YouTube app. Tap the You tab. Youll find a Your 2025 Recap is here! banner at the top of the page. Tap it. As the video plays, youll see a Share button at the bottom of the video. Tap it. From the pop-up menu, select the person or app you want to share a link to your personalized YouTube Recap video with. YouTube Recap is available now to users in North America. It will roll out to users worldwide this week.
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