Musk, Ramaswamy Defend Hiring Foreign Engineers

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, co-chairs of President-elect Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” are defending Silicon Valley’s reliance on foreign-born engineers amid the incoming administration’s planned immigration crackdowns.[#item_full_content]

Israeli AG Orders Probe of Netanyahu’s Wife

Israel’s attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and a witness in the Israeli leader’s corruption trial.[#item_full_content]

Netanyahu: Israel Just Getting Started With Houthi Campaign

Israel is only at the beginning of its campaign against the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Channel 14 interview on Thursday, hours after Israeli jets struck the airport in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.[#item_full_content]

Stocks End Flat as Rising Yields Pressure Megacaps

Wall Street’s main indexes closed largely unchanged Thursday, amid light trading the day after the Christmas break, as rising U.S. Treasury yields weighed on some of the dominant technology megacaps.[#item_full_content]