Elon Musk, boss of Tesla, is South African. This is not just true of big tech. Of the 100 most valuable American companies, more than 30 have chief executives who are not sons and daughters of Uncle Sam (though some,

Musk appears to be winning since Trump seemed to publicly back him over the benefits of the H-1B program. And as the owner of one of the world’s most influential social-media platforms, Musk, who also has a direct line to the president-elect’s ear, is undoubtedly more powerful than the vast majority of Trump’s other MAGA backers.

Steve Bannon is ramping up his attack on Elon Musk. And this time he’s threatening violence. The House of MAGA has been up in flames this week over Musk’s plan to protect immigrants with H1-B visas, while diehard conservatives like the president-elect’s former strategist Bannon and Trump loyalist Laura Loomer have said foreign workers should be deported and replaced with “real” Americans.

Those two factions of the Republican Party with their profoundly different views are at each other's throats about what to do with their newfound power,” says Chris Hayes on the MAGA ‘civil war’ over skilled immigration fueled by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

I mean, it was embarrassing,” Steve Bannon said on Monday, referencing Elon Musk’s tweets over the weekend when he said the H-1B visa program needed to be “reformed.”

Less than a month before Donald Trump returns to office, two of his most ardent allies have plunged into a fierce online debate over immigration, specifically the government’s visa program that allows American companies to hire so-called “highly skilled” foreign workers.

Will Mike Johnson return as House Speaker? Former Rep. Charlie Dent and The Atlantic staff writer Mark Leibovich join Christina Ruffini to discuss the speaker race as well as Elon Musk's influence over President-elect Trump.

Donald Trump has backed Elon Musk in supporting visas for skilled migrants. The president-elect waded into a row that has split the Republican party by defending H1B visas, which permit highly-educated foreigners to work in the US for up to six years.

President-elect Donald Trump's former advisor, Steve Bannon, has some advice for Elon Musk — start studying. "You need to study modern political history of the fights we've been through for twelve or fourteen years to get to this spot,

Sit back and study ... Don’t come up and go to the pulpit in your first week here and start lecturing people about the way things are going to be,’ Trump’s former White House strategist warns tech bil