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slash enhance. Trump's businesses earned millions from China, Saudi Arabia, and other nations

while he was in office. We'll have more on a new report and how could expectations for a soft

landing affect the US job market? So many companies had such a hard time finding

people that the idea of letting someone go because you're sort of worried

about a recession and then the recession not coming and then having to hire that

person back is one of the things that's been driving the job market.

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It's Thursday January 4th. I'm Anne Marie Fertoli for the Wall Street Journal. This is the PM edition

of What's News, the top headlines, and business stories that moved the world today. A new report by House Democrats finds that China and Saudi Arabia topped a list of countries that spend millions of dollars that properties owned by former President Donald Trump while he was in office.

The reports based on public documents and internal financial records obtained by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee,

and seen by the Wall Street Journal.

Democrats say Trump violated the Constitution by accepting payments, releases, and hotel stays while he was president. They point to the

emoluments clause which prevents office holders from accepting anything of

value from foreign states without permission from Congress. Joining me now with

more is our US- national security reporter Kate O'Keefe.

Kate, what are some of the key details revealed by these documents?

Right, so these documents show that there were 20 foreign countries, their governments and also

state-owned entities that paid more than $7.8 million to Donald Trump's properties while he was in office.

The biggest fender by far was China, China's government and also some Chinese state-linked

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