Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy expose rift with MAGA loyalists over immigrant tech workers

Cracks appear in Trump coalition over foreign worker visas

Cracks have appeared among Trump supporters over the stand taken by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

BBC News - 1h

Trump says H-1B visa program is 'great' amid MAGA feud over tech workers

President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on a simmering feud among MAGA allies over H-1B worker visas, telling the New York Post that he supports the program, according to the outlet.

NBC News - 2h

Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for foreign tech workers

Remarks follow social media posts from Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who vowed to go to ‘war’ to defend program. Donald Trump on Saturday sided with Elon Musk, a key supporter and billionaire tech CEO, in ...

The Guardian - 2h

Musk’s fight with Maga reveals split on immigration within Trump’s circle

President-elect’s new allies in Silicon Valley suffer backlash over foreign workers from his core supporters

Financial Times - 3h

Trump supporters and his tech allies argue over H-1B visas

A heated online debate among President-elect Donald Trump's supports is exposing what being called a "MAGA civil war." Trump's tech allies like billionaire Elon Musk and his longtime base are ...

CBS News - 4h

Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party

Billionaire Trump adviser said his ‘significant investments’ in the country justify his wading into German politics. The tech entrepreneur and close adviser to Donald Trump Elon Musk has taken a ...

The Guardian - 8h

Musk and Ramaswamy clash with MAGA loyalists on worker visas

Two of President-elect Trump’s advisers, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, are facing backlash from MAGA supporters over H-1B visas, which allow companies in the U.S. to hire high-skilled ...

NBC News - 11h

Taylen Green leads Arkansas to 39-26 victory over Texas Tech in the Liberty Bowl

Taylen Green threw for 341 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 81 yards in Arkansas’ 39-26 victory over Texas Tech on Friday night in the Liberty Bowl

ABC News - 19h

An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition

An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in the president-elect’s political movement into public display

ABC News - 1d

Trump Backers, Including Elon Musk, Clash With Far Right Over Immigrant Workers and H-1B Visas

A fierce dispute erupted in the president-elect’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk.

The New York Times - 1d

Elon Musk Doubles Down on Support for German Far-Right AfD

The world’s richest man, a key adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, ridicules critics over his backing of the German extremist party, as Germany prepares for elections.

The New York Times - 2h

Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies

Tech billionaire Elon Musk labeled a section of President-elect Trump supporters as “contemptible fools” as the online debate around visas for highly skilled workers on the right intensifies. A ...

The Hill - 10h

Here’s how Trump can still defuse the ‘MAGA civil war’ over immigration

The Republican Party will have unified control of Washington starting next month, but fissures in the party’s coalition are already emerging even before President-elect Trump takes office.

MarketWatch - 11h

Elon Musk accused of censoring conservatives on X who disagree with his immigration stances

The claims came after Elon Musk was involved in a public feud with some Republicans over immigration.

NBC News - 1d

Musk and MAGA are fighting over H-1B visas. How do they work?

Tech mogul Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have faced backlash within President-elect Trump's base after the two signaled their support for the H-1B work visa, a key program to attract international ...

The Hill - 1d

Here's what the H-1B visa debate with Musk and Ramaswamy is about

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are calling for the U.S. to admit more foreign tech workers. Not all Republicans agree with them.

CBS News - 1d

MAGA civil war erupts between Musk, critics over H-1B visas

A Trump World civil war has erupted over visas for highly skilled workers, with the president-elect’s new tech industry allies like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on one side and the ...

The Hill - 1d

Why Ramaswamy is linking immigration to 90s sitcom characters

Vivek Ramaswamy, a close ally to President-elect Donald Trump, is linking U.S. immigration woes, and the hiring of tech workers overseas, to an apparent American preference for certain 90s sitcom ...

CBS News - 1d

Musk’s fight with Maga reveals split on immigration within Trump’s circle

President-elect’s new allies in Silicon Valley suffer backlash over foreign workers from his core supporters

Financial Times - 1d

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 ...

The Guardian - 1d

Elon Musk Needs to Teach Our Government How to Lose More Money

A better industrial policy for the United States involves more risk taking, not less.

The New York Times - 1d

Nicola Jennings on Elon Musk’s sales shopping trip – cartoon

The Guardian - 1d

Elon Musk's 'social experiment on humanity': How X evolved in 2024

New users? New algorithms? Or something else going on behind the scenes? The story behind the new changes on the social media site

BBC News - 1d

Musk, Ramaswamy defend Silicon Valley's foreign-born hires

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, co-chairs of President-elect Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency,” are defending the tech industry’s reliance on foreign-born engineers as the incoming ...

The Hill - 2d

Syrian police killed in violent clashes with Assad loyalists

Deaths in Tartus province come as protests highlight new leadership’s instability concerns

Financial Times - 2d

Cyclone on French Archipelago Exposes Resentments Over Immigrants

In the ruins left by Cyclone Chido, people from Mayotte, off the eastern coast of Africa, are calling to deport the undocumented immigrants who had settled there from neighboring islands.

The New York Times - 3d

The rise and rise of Maye Musk: China’s love affair with Elon Musk’s mother

The 76-year-old is part of a trend of ‘silver influencers’ whose success in the face of adversity resonates strongly. Could she be Elon’s secret weapon in China?. Maye Musk is a busy woman. As well ...

The Guardian - 3d

Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $6 Billion in New Funding

“A lot of compute is needed,” Mr. Musk said in a post about the financing, in which BlackRock, Fidelity and Sequoia participated.

The New York Times - 4d

Sticky inflation creates rift at Fed over how much to cut rates

Federal Reserve leaders are unified in their resolve to quash the worst bout of inflation in four decades. They just no longer agree on how high to keep U.S. interest rates to achieve their goal.

MarketWatch - 4d

How 2024 made Elon Musk the world’s most powerful unelected man

A timeline of events in the year of Elon Musk shows how omnipresent he has become, how his X feed has become as unavoidable as Donald Trump’s was. Hello, and welcome to Techscape. I’ve been ...

The Guardian - 4d

Elon Musk wants to ‘delete’ many Americans' financial lifeline

It is especially surprising that one of the first federal agencies to come under scrutiny from the incoming administration is one that has returned billions of dollars to many of the same consumers ...

The Hill - 4d

Elon Musk Is Creating His Own Texas Town. Hundreds Already Live There.

Employees of SpaceX have filed a formal petition to create the city of Starbase. Its first mayor would be a security manager for the company.

The New York Times - 4d

Did Elon Musk kill a bill blocking investments in China to help Tesla?

Democrats have accused the Tesla CEO of influencing the government-funding bill to his own benefit.

MarketWatch - 4d

Pistons expose LeBron James and Lakers for what they are — and aren't — in L.A. loss

LeBron James finishes with 28 points and a triple-double but comes up short on a game-tying three-pointer at the buzzer in a 117-114 loss to the Pistons.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

MicroStrategy mania exposes rare faultline in ETF industry

Sharp deviations have appeared in expected returns of two leveraged funds amid surge in bets

Financial Times - 4d

Trump denies Elon Musk is "taking the presidency"

On Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump appeared in Arizona to speak at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center. Trump responded to a new attack from Democrats, saying that ...

CBS News - 5d

Consumer protection board sues Walmart and fintech firm over gig-worker driver pay access

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing Walmart and a financial technology firm, alleging they illegally forced drivers into using costly deposit accounts to receive their pay.

NBC News - 5d

Trump says he hasn't "ceded the presidency" to Elon Musk

President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend dismissed concerns about Elon Musk's influence after the billionaire helped tank a congressional spending bill last week. Democratic strategist Joel ...

CBS News - 5d

This Was the Year Elon Musk Took Over Politics

The American public elected Donald Trump to run the federal government. His erratic patron seems to think the job is also his.

Wired - 5d

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy expose rift with MAGA loyalists over immigrant tech workers

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