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10:40 AM ET, December 28, 2024

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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Musk calls MAGA element “contemptible fools” as virtual civil war brews … - The schism may force Trump to ultimately take sides between the largely white, working-class supporters who first made MAGA succeed, and the techno-libertarian billionaires like Musk who are at the center of his new administration.
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk accused of censoring conservatives on X who disagree with him about immigration  —  The claims came after Elon Musk was involved in a public feud with some Republicans over immigration.  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk faced accusations of censorship Friday from fellow conservatives …
Discussion: HuffPost, NPR and Mediaite
Axios:
Elon Musk pledges “war” over H-1B visa program, calls opponents racists … - Trump, who has remained silent thus far on the schism, faces a quickly deepening conflict between his richest and most powerful advisors on one hand, and the people who swept him to office on the other.
Discussion: CBS News and The Root
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Maga v Musk: Trump camp divided in bitter fight over immigration policy  —  Feud flared up when president-elect chose Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-born entrepreneur, as his AI adviser  —  Bitter in-fighting has broken out between the tech billionaire Elon Musk and Donald Trump's hardline …
Samantha-Jo Roth / Washington Examiner:
Trump base splits over Musk and Ramaswamy's support for foreign worker visas
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Steve Bannon Joins War Against Elon Musk as MAGA Implodes
Rolling Stone:
Trump Ally Laura Loomer Says Elon Musk Is ‘Silencing’ Her Amid Immigration Spat
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy open rift with MAGA loyalists over skilled worker visas
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-January  —  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14 …
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
Yellen: US will hit debt ceiling in mid- or late-January  —  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday she expects the U.S. will officially run up against its borrowing limit in mid- to late-January, starting the clock on a major fiscal challenge facing President-elect Donald Trump in his first months in office.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban  —  The president-elect took no position on the app's First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump filed an unusual brief on Friday asking …
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NBC News:
Trump urges Supreme Court to hit pause on a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. next month  —  The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Jan. 10.  The law is set to take effect on Jan. 19, one day before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in.
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Dean Phillips Was Right About Joe Biden.  He Finds It ‘Awfully Unsatisfying.’  —  The three-term lawmaker and presidential candidate is deeply disappointed with his fellow Democrats.  —  Outgoing Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips poses for a portrait at his home in Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 16.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Does Trump Jan 6.  Pardon Plan Include the Seditionists?  —  Trump's transition team is not ruling it out  —  With Donald Trump winning back the White House, his Big Lie that Jan. 6 was just an enthusiastic rally that got out of hand, rather than an insurrectionist mob he unleashed to disrupt …
Discussion: HuffPost
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
US sanctions former Georgia prime minister amid political turmoil  —  The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Georgia's former prime minister and billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, accusing him and the ruling party he founded of “undermining” the country's “democratic and Euro-Atlantic future” to benefit Russia.
World Health Organization:
Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria (previously undiagnosed disease) - Democratic Republic of the Congo  —  Situation at a glance  —  This is an update to the Disease Outbreak News on Undiagnosed disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo published on 8 December 2024 …
Discussion: Politico and Forbes
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
'He's Not Going to Please Everyone.' John Thune's Delicate Task Under Trump  —  The small-town South Dakotan rose to the Senate's top post by deftly navigating spending fights and the ascent of MAGA
Discussion: Raw Story
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Passing of Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India  —  Jill and I join the people of India in grieving the loss of former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.  —  The unprecedented level of cooperation between the United States and India today …
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
America Needs a National Healthcare System  —  The for-profit health insurance industry has attached itself to us like a giant, bloodsucking tick and “Scientific Racism” is part of the reason why  —  There's only one person in this photograph/video of a recent G7 meeting who represents …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Casey / Associated Press:
US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people  —  The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts …
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HUD.gov:
HUD Releases January 2024 Point-In-Time Count Report
 
 
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge signals that contempt hearing for Rudy Giuliani over his assets might not go well for him
CNBC:
Rep. Chip Roy: Won't vote for a debt ceiling increase unless we have significant spending cuts
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
More Americans approve of Trump 2.0 transition than first time around: Survey
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
CNN:
Trump says Bill Gates asked to meet in apparent message to Musk
 Earlier Items: 
David McHugh / Associated Press:
Germany's president dissolves parliament, sets national election for Feb. 23
New York Times:
Wall St. Is Minting Easy Money From Risky Loans. What Could Go Wrong?
Discussion: Raw Story
Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Congressional lawmakers almost got a pay bump this year. Then it crashed and burned
Sara Moniuszko / CBS News:
Systane eye drops recalled due to potential fungal contamination
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
The US plans to update HIPAA with new cybersecurity rules to protect patients' private data, including mandatory encryption and multifactor authentication

Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
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