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TikTok is coming back online after Trump pledged to restore it — New York CNN — TikTok appears to be coming back online just hours after President-elect Donald Trump pledged Sunday that he would sign an executive order Monday that aims to restore the banned app.
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Trump promises to delay TikTok ban in U.S. with Monday executive order — Trump says the order will delay enforcement of the TikTok ban so “we can make a deal to protect our national security” with partial U.S. ownership of the platform. — President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Sunday …
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TikTok Flickers Back to Life After Trump Says He Will Stall a Ban
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Haleluya Hadero / Associated Press:
TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order
TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's sudden love of TikTok shows he needs disinfo more than he hates China
Trump's sudden love of TikTok shows he needs disinfo more than he hates China
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Trump to Sign Executive Orders on Immigration, Energy, Government Hiring
Trump to Sign Executive Orders on Immigration, Energy, Government Hiring
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Lucia Suarez Sang / CBS News:
Man accused of starting fire at Wisconsin congressman's office motivated by TikTok ban, police say
Man accused of starting fire at Wisconsin congressman's office motivated by TikTok ban, police say
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
TikTok goes dark for US users; Trump signals intervention
TikTok goes dark for US users; Trump signals intervention
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Ethan Zuckerman / The Atlantic:
America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet
America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet
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As Trump's allies war over immigration, Vance remains quiet
As Trump's allies war over immigration, Vance remains quiet
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Trump is back. But a return of total resistance would be a bad strategy. — A guide for how liberals should approach the next four years. — When Donald Trump was first elected president in the fall of 2016, his elevation to the most powerful office in the world seemed like an aberration.
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Donald Trump, crypto billionaire … - After another massive overnight rally, as of Sunday morning Trump's crypto holdings were worth as much as $58 billion on paper, enough — with his other assets — to make him one of the world's 25 richest people.
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Vivek Ramaswamy expected to depart DOGE — Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with entrepreneur Elon Musk, is expected to soon step away from the task force, CBS News has learned.
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Statement from President Joe Biden on Clemency Actions — America is a country built on the promise of second chances. As President, I have used my clemency power to make that promise a reality by issuing more individual pardons and commutations than any other President in U.S. history.
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Biden Pardons Five More, Including Late Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey — Civil rights leaders and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey's 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that he was targeted for his work. — President Biden pardoned five activists and public servants on Sunday …
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Live Updates: First Hostages Return to Israel as Gaza Cease-Fire Takes Hold — The initial stage of a truce between Israel and Hamas prompted celebrations in Gaza and hope for an end to the 15-month war. Three women were the first Israeli hostages to be released.
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3 freed hostages arrive in Israel as tenuous ceasefire with Hamas holds
3 freed hostages arrive in Israel as tenuous ceasefire with Hamas holds
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‘Lady McBiden’: Alexandra Pelosi Blasts the First Lady — The feud between the president and ex-speaker intensifies in the waning days of his presidency. — Since breaking her hip in Europe last month, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has been deluged with messages, flowers and calls of concern …
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Most Americans optimistic about Trump's return to office: Poll — A new survey found that most Americans are optimistic about President-elect Trump returning to the White House. — The survey, conducted by CBS News and YouGov, found that 60 percent of respondents say they feel optimistic about Trump's second term.
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Trump Barely Won the Popular Vote. Why Doesn't It Feel That Way? — In 2024, Donald Trump won the popular vote by 1.5 points. Trump and Democrats alike treated this result as an overwhelming repudiation of the left and a broad mandate for the MAGA movement. But by any historical measure, it was a squeaker.
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Schools Using AI Emulation of Anne Frank That Urges Kids Not to Blame Anyone for Holocaust — The Anne Frank Experience — You're probably familiar with Anne Frank, a European Jewish girl whose posthumously-published diary documents her time hiding from Nazi persecution …

National Guard troops worry Trump will deploy them for mass deportations — “I don't want to be seen as a Gestapo,” one former senior military official said. — National Guard members fear landing in the center of a political tussle between red state governors and blue state attorneys general …
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‘Reactionary nihilism’: how a rightwing movement strives to end US democracy — Money, Lies, and God exposes a Christian nationalist movement funded by the super-rich seeking to secure their wealth at the expense of others — There is a “real and very, very present” threat to the US …

Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe — What a single phone call from the president-elect did to an unswerving American ally — What did Donald Trump say over the phone to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, on Wednesday? I don't know which precise words he used, but I witnessed their impact.
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Texas Has a Perverse Idea of Religious Freedom — The Supreme Court of Texas just heard oral argument in a case challenging a remarkably punitive and malicious attack on religious liberty by the state of Texas. That attack isn't just dangerous on its own terms, it's also a potential preview …