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“Elon Musk has described himself as ‘pro-environment’ and ‘super pro climate.’ But he also threw himself wholeheartedly into electing as president someone who has dismissed global warming as a hoax,” the New York Times reports. “Now, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to enter the White House, one big question is how much sway — if any — Mr.

“Nearly every Democratic leader is getting swept up in a party-wide blame game over their calamitous performance in the 2024 election — but House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N. Y.) appears to be largely evading internal backlash,” Axios reports.

“Control of the House is still up in the air. But if Republicans do hold onto power — and it seems like they will — Speaker Mike Johnson will again be forced to govern with a paper-thin majority,” Punchbowl News reports. “Most top Republicans and Democrats say the GOP will end up with between 218 and 221 House seats.

NPR: “White voters have sided with Republicans in every presidential election since at least 1976. And in this election, white voters went up as a share of the electorate from 67% to 71%.” “That is remarkable, considering that, quite simply, there are fewer white people in the country than ever before.

“A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U. S. citizens,” the AP reports. “The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential actions to help immigrant families in years, allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.