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The world moves fast. Daybreak keeps you up-to-date.
Enjoy everything you need to know to stay informed — on campus and off — in this digestible, efficient podcast. Daybreak is produced by Maya Mukherjee '27, Twyla Colburn '27, Sheryl Xue '28 under the 149th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian. The theme music was composed and performed by Ed Horan, and the cover art is by Mark Dodici.
Work visa troubles ft. Ifeoluwa Aigbiniode — Friday, Nov. 22
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For the Daily Princetonian, I’m Theo Wells-Spackman. You’re listening to Daybreak.
Today, we cover work visa troubles for international students, Princeton men’s soccer’s loss in Akron, Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal from selection as Trump’s attorney general and the International Criminal Courts issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leadership.
Tag: It’s Friday, November 22nd.
Today, you can expect a mix of rain and snow, with a high of 39 and a low of 35 degrees fahrenheit.
I sat down with Features staff writer Ifeoluwa Aigbiniode to learn more about the challenges that face international students as they seek visas for work.
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In campus news, Princeton men’s soccer faced the University of Akron in Ohio last night, in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Tigers reached the tournament this season for the first time since 2021, when they lost in the first round 1-0 to St. John’s College. This year, they came into the tournament having won 7 of their last 8 games, but left the tournament much in the same way. Akron outlasted the Tigers in a 1-0 win, dominating the play for much of the game. Princeton took just two shots in the first 80 minutes of play, and ended their season with a record of 12-7.
In national news, on Thursday, former U.S. congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew as President-elect Trump’s pick for Attorney General. In a statement on X on Thursday, Gaetz wrote that controversy surrounding his House Ethics Committee sex trafficking investigation was [quote] “becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.” Over the past week, Democratic lawmakers had pushed for the Committee’s findings to be released, but were shut down by Republican committee members. The Department of Justice also opened an investigation into Gaetz in 2021, but did not ultimately bring charges against him. Last night, Trump announced a replacement pick for Attorney General—Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general and longtime ally. Gaetz’s withdrawal comes as Trump’s Secretary of Defense pick, Pete Hegseth ’03, meets mounting scrutiny amid sexual assault allegations.
In international news, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants yesterday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif. The charges include war crimes and crimes against humanity, two separate designations under international law. The ICC alleges Netanyahu and Gallant bear responsibility for acts such as “starvation as a method of warfare”, murder, and persecution, linked to Israel’s military operations in Gaza. Deif, though Israel has said that he was killed by an airstrike in July, faces charges of organizing attacks on Israeli civilians involving murder, torture, and sexual violence during the October 7 Hamas assault. Netanyahu condemned the ICC's warrants on Israeli leadership as “antisemitic.” In a statement yesterday, Hamas leadership called the charges against Netanyahu and Gallant a [quote] “important historical precedent,” but did not acknowledge Deif’s indictments. Neither Israel nor the U.S. are ICC members, and it’s unlikely that the warrants will be enforced. On Tuesday, the UCC’s first chief prosecutor, Professor Luis Moreno Ocampo, visited campus to appear on a panel entitled [quote] how to prosecute genocide.
That’s all for Daybreak today.
Today’s episode was written by Isabelle Tseng, Aaron Yang, and me, sound engineered by Twyla Colburn, and produced under the 148th managing board of the ‘Prince.’ Our theme was composed by Ed Horan, Class of ’22. For the Daily Princetonian, I’m Theo Wells-Spackman. Have a wonderful day.
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