Here’s Who Just Bought TikTok
Several big companies and investment firms are part of the new American TikTok. Many have ties to one another and President Trump.Read More
ICE Demands More Access to Minnesota Inmates. But It’s Complicated.
The Trump administration said it would ease its immigration operation in Minnesota in exchange for broader access to inmates. Local leaders say they already cooperate significantly.Read More
TikTok Strikes Deal to Split Off an American Version, Ending Long Legal Saga
The Chinese parent company for the popular video app said it had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new American TikTok to avoid a ban in the United States.Read More
Chicago Jury Acquits Immigrant Accused in Bovino Murder-for-Hire Trial
Prosecutors said a Chicago carpenter had offered a bounty for killing Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official. Defense lawyers said he was just sharing a social media post.Read More
Trump to Expand ‘Mexico City’ Abortion Rule to Include D.E.I. and Gender
The policy has traditionally been aimed at keeping organizations that receive U.S. tax dollars from performing or promoting abortion as a method of family planning.Read More
E.P.A. Revives Plan to End Testing on Animals by 2035
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Trump administration to end the testing of chemicals on mammals.Read More
House Rejects Measure to Bar Military Force in Venezuela
In a tie vote, the House defeated an effort to prohibit the president from using the U.S. military in Venezuela weeks after the raid he ordered that captured the country’s leader.Read More
House Passes Spending Package Over Democratic Revolt on ICE
Approval of the package, which would fund a wide swath of government agencies, brings Congress closer to meeting a Jan. 30 funding deadline.Read More
An Emboldened Trump’s Whipsaw Approach to the World
He says there’s a method to the madness. But European allies wonder whether the United States is reliable anymore.Read More
4 Takeaways From Jack Smith’s Testimony Before Lawmakers
In his remarks, the former special counsel repeatedly denied that he had acted out of partisan animus and bemoaned the Trump administration’s efforts to go after the president’s perceived enemies.Read More