By Ann E. Marimow, Cristiano Lima-Strong · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that effectively bans TikTok in the United States on Sunday unless the wildly popular video-sharing app pulls off an unlikely, last-minute divestiture from Chinese ownership. The unanimous decision was a major blow for TikTok, injecting deep uncertainty into […]
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TikTok CEO to rally with Trump before inauguration as ban looms
By Marianne LeVine, Cristiano Lima-Strong, Drew Harwell, Cat Zakrzewski · By The Washington Post (c) 2025 TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew plans to attend a “victory rally” celebrating Donald Trump on Sunday at Washington’s Capital One Arena and the president-elect’s swearing-in on Monday, publicly aligning himself with the incoming commander in chief who has pledged to “save” the popular app […]
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TikTok CEO to rally with Trump before inauguration as ban looms
By Marianne LeVine, Cristiano Lima-Strong, Drew Harwell, Cat Zakrzewski · By The Washington Post (c) 2025 TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew plans to attend a “victory rally” celebrating Donald Trump on Sunday at Washington’s Capital One Arena and the president-elect’s swearing-in on Monday, publicly aligning himself with the incoming commander in chief who has pledged to “save” the popular app […]
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Musk’s DOGE weighs recommendations to cut federal diversity programs
By Jacob Bogage, Faiz Siddiqui · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President-elect Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” is reviewing a conservative legal playbook to swiftly eliminate federal diversity programs, which argues that the initiatives are unconstitutional and distort spending. “DOGE,” a nongovernmental group led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and charged with slashing the size of […]
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Musk’s DOGE weighs recommendations to cut federal diversity programs
By Jacob Bogage, Faiz Siddiqui · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President-elect Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” is reviewing a conservative legal playbook to swiftly eliminate federal diversity programs, which argues that the initiatives are unconstitutional and distort spending. “DOGE,” a nongovernmental group led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and charged with slashing the size of […]
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Ceasefire deal delayed as Netanyahu bargains with far-right allies
By Gerry Shih, Shira Rubin · The Washington Post (c) 2025 JERUSALEM – On Wednesday, leaders around the world, from President Joe Biden to President-elect Donald Trump to Hamas politician Khalil al-Hayya, celebrated a hard-won ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Notably silent has been Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said he would not immediately issue an […]
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Ceasefire deal delayed as Netanyahu bargains with far-right allies
By Gerry Shih, Shira Rubin · The Washington Post (c) 2025 JERUSALEM – On Wednesday, leaders around the world, from President Joe Biden to President-elect Donald Trump to Hamas politician Khalil al-Hayya, celebrated a hard-won ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Notably silent has been Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said he would not immediately issue an […]
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The Supreme Court reconsiders online pornography
By Will Oremus · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Supreme Court may not comprise the “nine greatest experts on the internet,” as Justice Elena Kagan once quipped, but they’re getting no shortage of opportunities to learn. On Wednesday morning, while the tech world awaited the high court’s ruling on TikTok, Kagan and her colleagues were busy […]
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The Supreme Court reconsiders online pornography
By Will Oremus · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Supreme Court may not comprise the “nine greatest experts on the internet,” as Justice Elena Kagan once quipped, but they’re getting no shortage of opportunities to learn. On Wednesday morning, while the tech world awaited the high court’s ruling on TikTok, Kagan and her colleagues were busy […]
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Republicans may try budget math that doesn’t count Trump tax cuts
By Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Republican plans to pass a massive new tax cut in the early days of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term are running into a major obstacle: the price tag. Extending Trump’s 2017 tax law would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according to the Congressional […]