17/01/2025 14:18
The Guardian
US supreme court to release opinions at 10am ET as a challenge to a law that will ban TikTok on Sunday awaits a decisionCan Donald Trump circumvent a TikTok ban?If the supreme court allows the TikTok sell-or-ban law to go into effect, it will be up to Donald Trump to enforce it, and the incoming president has said he wants to keep the popular social media app available.NBC News reports that Joe Biden’s administration does not plan to enforce the ban in what would be the final hours of its administration, assuming TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance does not find an American buyer. In Congress, forcing the sale of TikTok was a bipartisan cause, but Trump has warmed to the app, and even invited its CEO to sit on the dais at Monday’s inauguration.If the TikTok ban is allowed to stand, the Biden administration does not plan to enforce it, NBC News reports.Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor who Trump picked for homeland security chief, has her Senate confirmation hearing at 9am today.Israel’s cabinet just approved the Gaza ceasefire deal. Follow our live blog for more on this breaking story. Continue reading...
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