“I’m undecided,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, who had stressed that Trump’s support would be decisive for Johnson.
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Author: Andrew Solender
Trump endorsement fails to dislodge many of Mike Johnson’s harshest detractors
Category Archives: Republicans
Trump endorses Johnson for speaker re-election but loses E Jean Carroll appeal: Live
Incoming president hails incumbent as ‘a good, hard working, religious man’ and backs him to hang on to gavel ahead of Friday’s crucial vote
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Author: Alex Woodward
Trump endorses Johnson in speaker’s race
President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday ahead of the new Congress convening to elect a speaker.
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Author: Clare Foran, Lauren Fox, Alayna Treene
What are H-1B visas and what has Trump said about them in the past?
H-1B visas are for highly skilled immigrants typically working in tech, healthcare, engineering and finance
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Author: Rhian Lubin
US House Speaker Mike Johnson clinches Donald Trump’s endorsement
Top House Republican gets crucial backing from the president-elect ahead of January 3 vote
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Author: Colby Smith
Trump gives complete and total endorsement of Johnson as Speaker
President-elect Trump offered his complete and total endorsement of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday, days before a House vote on Friday to elect a new Speaker. “Speaker Mike Johnson is…
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Author: Emily Brooks
Trump Backs Mike Johnson to Remain House Speaker
President-elect Donald Trump offered his “Complete & Total Endorsement” to Speaker Mike Johnson, intervening to ward off a potentially crippling leadership fight in the House that threatened to slow his second-term agenda.
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Author: Hadriana Lowenkron,Maria Luiza Rabello
Elon Musk Says H-1B Visa System “Broken”, Days After “Will Go To War” Promise
Elon Musk and Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy have recently clashed with supporters of Donald Trump over the issue of immigration and H-1B visas.
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Author: Pushkar Tiwari
Elon Musk backtracks on defending skilled migrant visas to calm Maga Republicans
The Tesla billionaire said H1-B visas are ‘broken’ after once crediting the scheme with attracting people to build tech companies
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Author: Cameron Henderson
What the visa feud says about the coming Trump administration
Donald Trump’s siding with Elon Musk over visas for high-tech workers is the most significant example yet of the president-elect favoring powerful elements in his new MAGA coalition over his base’s anti-immigrant DNA that he twice tapped in his rise to power.
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Author: Stephen Collinson
Donald Trump issues Great Depression warning
Democrats “would prefer ‘Depression’ as long as it hurt the Republican Party,” the president-elect wrote on his Truth Social platform.
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Author: Khaleda Rahman Khaleda Rahman
H-1B visa system is broken, Musk says days after promising to ‘go to war’ for its defense
Elon Musk has called for comprehensive reform of the H-1B visa system, describing it as broken and in need of major changes. Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has also supported Musk’s stance, arguing that current cultural values hinder the US from producing top engineers.
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Author: ET Online
‘I could never do his job’: Former Speaker Newt Gingrich shows support for Mike Johnson
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Trump sides with Musk over H-1B visas in growing MAGA rift on immigration: Live
Trump sides with Elon Musk as top lieutenant clashes with anti-immigration MAGA supporters over H-1B visa program for skilled workers
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Author: Alex Woodward
Trump Wants New GOP Majority to Plunge Into Debt Ceiling Fight
Donald Trump wants Congress to eliminate the debt ceiling before he takes office so that voters don’t realize that he will increase the debt. However, it seems unlikely that he will get his wish.
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Author: @whowhatwhy
American exceptionalism was built by immigrants
If the Maga right defeats Elon Musk over migration, the American dream is at risk — and not just for foreigners
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Author: Alok Sama
Trump & Musk on same page as H-1B visa row divides Republicans
Despite calling system ‘unfair’ in past, Prez-elect says he was always in favour of it.
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Author: AP
Trump blasts GOP, McCarthy over debt ceiling
President-elect Trump on Sunday harshly criticized the House GOP, and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), for voting to raise the debt ceiling in 2023 through Jan. 1, 2025. Trump in a post on…
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Author: Ian Swanson
Trump slams Biden’s 2023 Debt Ceiling Deal as the ‘Dumbest political decisions’, calls for GOP unity
US News: President-elect Donald Trump criticized the 2023 budget deal that extended the debt ceiling, calling it a major political error. He argued that Democr
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Gingrich backs Johnson over ‘destructive’ House Republicans after funding debacle
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) praised House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for the way he’s handled his role as top Republican in the House, which just narrowly averted a governmen…
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Author: Juliann Ventura
Why are US Republicans debating the future of H-1B high-skill work visas?
Visa dispute highlights divide between Trump supporters like tech tycoon Elon Musk and immigration hardliners.
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Author: Al Jazeera Staff
GOP “playing with fire” if Johnson removed as speaker, Rep. Lawler says
“To waste time over a nonsensical intramural food fight is a joke,” Lawler said.
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Author: Donica Phifer
GOP governor claims Elon Musk is too rich to have any conflicts of interest
Sununu says Trump’s ultra-wealthy Cabinet is a good thing, and denies Musk is in it for the money
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Author: John Bowden
Republican congressman says party should drop ‘food fight’ over leadership
Mike Lawler says Mike Johnson should remain speaker as cracks appear between Trump’s team and far right
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Author: Edward Helmore
