Musk, Ramaswamy Defend Foreign Worker Visas Amid Social Media Backlash

‘If you want your TEAM to win the championship, you need to recruit top talent wherever they may be,’ Musk wrote. After Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy made posts on the social platform X this week endorsing an expansion of the visa program for hiring foreign-born highly skilled workers, the two tech billionaires faced backlash

West Virginia’s Jim Justice to Delay Senate Swearing-In by 10 Days to Finish Governor’s Term

‘I don’t think that West Virginia needs to have four governors in 10 days,’ Justice says. Sen.-elect Gov. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that he will delay his swearing in as West Virginia’s junior senator to serve out the remainder of his time in office as governor of the state. Justice, who is replacing outgoing

Trump’s Border Czar Suggests Using Halfway Houses for Children of Illegal Immigrants

‘They’re going to be put in a halfway house,’ Tom Homan says. President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, suggested on Thursday that the incoming administration may use halfway houses for the children of illegal immigrants. “As far as U.S. children—children, that’s going to be a difficult situation, because we’re not going to detain your

Africans Excited but Nervous Ahead of Trump’s 2nd Term

Many Africans say President-elect Donald Trump is a man they can do business with, despite his tougher approach. JOHANNESBURG—Africa is set to feature “quite prominently” on the agenda of the second Trump administration, according to Ronak Gopaldas, an analyst for the Signal Risk firm in Cape Town, South Africa. “There was a sense that Trump

Republicans Could Have a Temporary Zero-Seat Majority in the House

The departures of Matt Gaetz, Mike Waltz, and Elise Stefanik will bring the majority down to zero seats. Any more could mean that Democrats take the majority. WASHINGTON–When the House of Representatives returns on Jan. 3, 2025, to begin the 119th Congress for a two-year term, Republicans will start out with a narrow majority. Though

US Condemns Hong Kong’s Targeting of Democracy Activists Abroad

The United States has urged Hong Kong to stop using its ‘national security laws to silence dissent.’ The United States has condemned the Hong Kong government’s issuance of arrest warrants and bounties for pro-democracy activists abroad and the cancellation of seven additional passports, calling the move a blatant attempt to stifle dissent and extend transnational

New York to Charge Fossil Fuel Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New York becomes the second state to enact a ‘polluter-pay’ Climate Change SuperFund Act. New Jersey, California, and Maryland could be next. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 26 signed New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act into law, a “polluter pays” liability statute certain to be challenged in court as a state preemption of federal regulatory