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China considers selling TikTok U.S. operations to Musk, Bloomberg reports
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China considers selling TikTok U.S. operations to Musk, Bloomberg reports

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Chinese government is considering a plan that would have Elon Musk acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations to keep the app from being effectively banned, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The contingency plan is one of several options China is exploring as the U.S. Supreme Court determines whether to […]

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Trump plans limited inauguration festivities despite massive fundraising haul
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Trump plans limited inauguration festivities despite massive fundraising haul

A member of the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets participates in a rehearsal for inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Donald Trump’s presidential transition team on Monday released a schedule of official parties, gatherings and other events that will surround his […]

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Watch live: Biden delivers his final foreign policy speech
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Watch live: Biden delivers his final foreign policy speech

[The stream is slated to start at 2 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden is delivering an address aimed at highlighting his foreign policy achievements in office. The Democratic president’s speech at the State Department in Washington is billed as a […]

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Biden’s total student debt relief passes 3 billion, after he forgives another 150,000 borrowers
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Biden’s total student debt relief passes $183 billion, after he forgives another 150,000 borrowers

US President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, April 8, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images In his final days in office, President Joe Biden announced that his administration would forgive student debt for more than 150,000 borrowers. That relief includes nearly 85,000 […]

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Ahead of looming ban, TikTok creators ask fans to find them on Instagram or YouTube
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Ahead of looming ban, TikTok creators ask fans to find them on Instagram or YouTube

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Before Jack Nader started posting beauty videos on TikTok in 2023, he was working as a Starbucks barista in Chicago and living at home with his parents.  But after Nader, who’s now 21, started taking his videos seriously in April of that year, his TikTok account blew up. […]

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Biden awards Pope Francis Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction
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Biden awards Pope Francis Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction

Pope Francis meets U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican, October 29, 2021. Vatican Media | Reuters President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the first time in his term the president has bestowed that honor, the White House announced on Saturday. “The first pope from the Southern […]

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Trump’s plan for mass deportation could have a big effect on prices
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Trump’s plan for mass deportation could have a big effect on prices

The U.S. saw inflation cool in 2024, but economists warn that President-elect Donald Trump’s plan for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants could greatly affect prices. “Certainly the economic impacts are going to be felt,” said David J. Bier, the director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute. “There’s going to be supply chain issues. […]

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Zuckerberg says Biden administration pushed Meta ‘super hard’ to take down vaccine content
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Zuckerberg says Biden administration pushed Meta ‘super hard’ to take down vaccine content

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published Friday that his company was pressured by the Biden administration to remove content on side effects of Covid vaccines. […]

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Biden’s last chance to tackle tobacco: Limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes
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Biden’s last chance to tackle tobacco: Limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes

Unnamed smoker at 4th Street Live in Louisville, KY. Jahi Chikwendiu | The Washington Post | Getty Images In its last few days of power, the Biden administration is expected to officially propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. It’d be a last-minute move to push back against the tobacco industry after President Joe Biden […]

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Photos show former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral
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Photos show former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral

A picture of U.S. President Jimmy Carter is seen as members of the public sign a condolence book in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images American politicians, foreign dignitaries and family members honored former President Jimmy Carter at a state funeral held Thursday at […]

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