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Jan 15, 2025 - Technology

Who could buy TikTok to avoid a ban

The TikTok app and logo are seen on a mobile device

Mike Johnson ousts Mike Turner as Intelligence Committee chair

Reps. Mike Johnson and Mike Turner in front of a photo of the first Trump assassination, an American flag and a wooden wall.

Trump's Energy pick pressed on climate change in Senate confirmation hearing

President-elect Trump's nominee for Secretary of Energy Chris Wright testifies during his Senate Energy and Natural Resources confirmation hearing Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

ICE records show Biden admin plans could give Trump a head start on deportations

Migrants seeking asylum from Mexico, India and Ecuador keep warm by a fire while waiting to be apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers after crossing over a section of border wall into the U.S. on January 05, 2025 in Ruby, Arizona.

Greenland must make its own choice on independence, Danish PM tells Trump in call

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen speaks during a joint press conference with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on November 19, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen during a joint briefing with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Denmark would al
Updated Jan 15, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump's attorney general pick echoes claims prosecutions were political

Pam Bondi speaks during her Senate confirmation hearing.

Abnormally cold weather forecast for Trump's inauguration

A photo of a map showing weather conditions
Updated Jan 15, 2025 - Politics & Policy

What will happen to TikTok on Jan. 19

A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in Chongqing, China
Updated Jan 15, 2025 - World

Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal reached

A man inspects rubble in the Gaza strip after an Israeli strike.

Trump's "drill, baby, drill" problem

Inflation mixed but with encouraging signs in December, CPI shows

Updated Jan 15, 2025 - Politics & Policy

What to know about the confirmation hearings for Trump's Cabinet picks this week

Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi.

Trump CIA pick to push for "the mission" over politics at hearing

John Ratcliffe walks out of a meeting with Senate Minority Whip John Thune in December 2024.
Jan 15, 2025 - Business

The new risks under Trump that preoccupy CEOs

Scoop: Trump's $500 million post-election windfall

Photo illustration of President Donald Trump smiling in a pile of money
Updated Jan 15, 2025 - Energy & Climate

SoCal faces fresh wildfire threats as L.A. area marks a week of blazes

An overhead pole camera image shows wildfire damage to an Altadena Drive street sign and home destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Los Angeles County, California on January 14, 2025. Powerful winds on January 14 threatened to rekindle and whip up major fires that have devastated parts of Los Ang

In photos: L.A. County endures a week of fires

A resident rides through smoke from a brush fire pushed by gusting Santa Ana winds on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. A fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles has forced some residents to evacuate amid "life-threatening and destructive" winds.
Updated Jan 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

South Korea's impeached president arrested

Members of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials and police officers make their way towards the presidential residence in Seoul to serve a warrant to detain Yoon on Jan. 15.

Growing number of military veterans committing extremist crimes, research shows

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 1: Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least ten people were killed when a person allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day on January 1, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dozens mo

Hegseth grilled about claims on gender in the military

A collage of three women Senators

Trump's skip-the-Senate playbook

This is Pete Hegseth

Scoop: Liberal dark money group plays both sides on RFK Jr.

Screen shot of anti-RFK ad

Michelle Obama won't attend Trump's second inauguration

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during Day 2 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on August 20, 2024.
Jan 14, 2025 - Business

SEC sues Elon Musk, alleging he failed to disclose Twitter purchases

Elon Musk's profile page on the X social media platform, seen on a phone in a user's hand.
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