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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Trump supports immigration visas backed by Musk: ‘I have many H-1B visas on my properties’  —  President-elect Trump told The Post Saturday he supports immigration visas for highly skilled workers, appearing to side with Elon Musk in the roiling intra-MAGA debate on the issue.
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Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Trump Weighs In on Immigrant Visa Debate but Offers Little Clarity  —  He said in an interview that he had used the visas for skilled workers “many times.”  But he has mainly used visas for unskilled workers like housekeepers.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump appeared to weigh in on Saturday …
Discussion: Krugman wonks out and Townhall
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters  —  President-elect Donald Trump appears to be siding with Elon Musk and his other backers in the tech industry as a dispute over immigration visas has divided his supporters.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten / Fox News:
Trump says he is a ‘believer’ in H-1B visas for skilled migrant workers as right spars on immigration: report
Discussion: @amuse, Breitbart and Fox Business
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Biden reportedly regrets ending re-election campaign and says he'd have defeated Trump  —  President also regrets picking Merrick Garland for attorney general, as he was slow to prosecute Trump for January 6  —  Joe Biden regrets having pulled out of this year's presidential race and believes …
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Patti Davis / New York Times:
The Blaming of Joe Biden  —  We are now in the final weeks of Joe Biden's presidency, and I've been thinking about the year he had — how different it was from what he hoped last winter as he sought re-election.  All presidents think about what they wanted to achieve, in the end, and how Americans will regard them.
Discussion: Twitchy
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Playbook: Trump lets Johnson twist in the wind
Discussion: Wonkette and Washington Examiner
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Mexico creating app for migrants to send alerts if detained in US … - “I have personally attended several open meetings where the key message is to tell our fellow citizens that they are not alone and will not be alone,” De la Fuente said. … - Mexico's legal protection program includes 329 legal advisors …
Christopher F. Schuetze / New York Times:
Musk Doubles Down on Support for German Far-Right Party  —  The world's richest man, a key adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, ridicules critics over his backing of the German extremist party AfD, as Germany prepares for elections.  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a close adviser …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Civil Discourse …
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Musk writes op-ed backing far-right German political party
Discussion: Reuters and The Gateway Pundit
The Guardian:
Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party
Lauren Floyd / Axios:
Trump calls federal judge's decision on border wall “major, crucial WIN” … - The attorney general's office said in a news release Paxton asked for a probe “to uncover potential legal violations committed by the Biden Administration after recent reports that segments of the border wall were auctioned off for pennies on the dollar.”
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The Hill:
Democrats taunt Trump with ‘President Musk’ moniker  —  Democrats are taunting President-elect Trump with claims that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is calling the shots instead of the incoming president.  —  And with Musk set to play a major role in Trump's second term …
New York Times:
How Donald Trump Went From Backing a TikTok Ban to Backing Off  —  In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app.  Now, he is opposing the Biden administration's effort to do just that.  —  Four years ago, President Donald J. Trump denounced TikTok, the Chinese-owned video sharing app, as a threat to America's national security.
Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Putin Apologizes but Does Not Take Responsibility for Azerbaijani Plane Crash  —  President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia told the Azerbaijani leader, Ilham Aliyev, in a phone call, “that the tragic incident took place in Russian airspace.”  —  President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia …
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Mexico, Betting Trump Is Bluffing on Tariffs, Sees an Opportunity  —  Business leaders in Mexico say the incoming U.S. administration will enhance the appeal of their factories as an alternative to plants in China.  —  Monterrey in Mexico, a country that emerged as an attractive manufacturing hub …
Discussion: The Japan Times
Fox News:
University of Iowa announces plans to close Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies department  —  The University of Iowa announced that it would close its Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies department as public universities in the state continue to respond to a changing DEI landscape.
Washington Post:
Democracy in 2024 was noisy and chaotic.  It was also resilient.  —  Voters want government to work better, but they prefer democratic systems to the alternatives.  —  In Japan, the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered its worst defeat in over a decade, and Prime Minister Shigeru …
 
 
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