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Dec 2024
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A.M. Edition for Dec. 3. Ukraine’s president shifts his rhetoric about what it would take to end the war with Russia, but the WSJ’s Laurence Norman says NATO is unlikely to offer Kyiv what it wants. Plus, a judge rejects Elon Musk’s multi-billion dollar Tesla pay package for a second time. And the WSJ’s Chun Han Wong explains how China’s Politburo is prescribing fewer meetings and less busywork to save the economy. Luke Vargas hosts.


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