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New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the week in politics, including tensions in Trump’s circle over immigration policy, President Biden’s pardons and commutations and polling shows that Americans

Trump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban  The New York Times Trump Moves to Pause TikTok Ban Law in Filing Signaling Support for Platform  Hollywood Reporter Free-speech advocates tell Supreme Court US TikTok law reminiscent of dictatorships  Reuters Trump says fate of

NATO chief Mark Rutte has assured Finland and Estonia of added military support after a ship linked to Russia is suspected of severing major cables between the two countries.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks about the Azerbaijan Airlines crash with The Ohio State University’s Shawn Pruchnicki. He was trained in accident investigation at the National Transportation Safety Board.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy open rift with MAGA loyalists over skilled worker visas  NBC News A MAGA ‘Civil War’ on X between Musk and the far right over H-1B visas  The Washington Post Musk and MAGA are fighting over H-1B visas.

Man charged with murder, arson in NYC subway killing  BBC.com Illegal migrant indicted on murder charges after woman is burned to death on subway  Fox News Authorities consider DNA and facial reconstruction to identify woman burned to death in NYC subway  The Times

Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources.

The annual federal count finds more than 770,000 people living in shelters or outside. It cites rising rents and the recent surge in migrants as key factors behind the increase. (Image credit: Rebecca Blackwell)

Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He was 78. (Image credit: Eric Gay)

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.