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  "id": 2585579,
  "title": "US court blocks Trump’s visa ban affecting Nigeria, 74 other countries [FULL LIST]",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-court-blocks-trumps-visa-ban-affecting-nigeria-74-other-countries",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T13:59:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/22/us-court-blocks-trumps-visa-ban-affecting-nigeria-74-other-countries-full-list/"
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  "summary": "A federal court in the United States has blocked President Donald Trump's policy that banned immigrant visa processing for Nigerian citizens and those from 74 other countries. US District Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled on Friday that the policy, introduced by the US Department of State in January, was unlawful and exceeded the authority granted to Secretary of State Marco Rubio under federal immigration law. The ban had stopped the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, and several others from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America.",
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        "title": "US judge strikes down Trump’s 75-country visa ban",
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        "published": "2026-08-22T12:19:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Trump's 75-country visa ban struck down by US judge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/trumps-75-country-visa-ban-struck-down-by-us-judge",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:24:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "US judge strikes down Trump's 75-country visa ban",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-judge-strikes-down-trumps-75-country-visa-ban-2580006",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:30:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "'Contrary to law': US judge strikes down Trump's 75-country visa ban",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/contrary-to-law-us-judge-strikes-down-trumps-75-country-visa-ban",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:44:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "US federal judge strikes down Trump's permanent visa freeze on 75 countries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-federal-judge-strikes-down-trumps-permanent-visa-freeze-on-75",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:48:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US judge strikes down Trump’s 75-country visa ban",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-judge-strikes-down-trumps-75-country-visa-ban-2581317",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:52:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "‘Contrary to law’: US judge strikes down Donald Trump's visa ban on 75 countries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/contrary-to-law-us-judge-strikes-down-donald-trumps-visa-ban-on-75",
        "published": "2026-08-22T12:53:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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