Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban; Kristi Noem Faces Questions on National Security Risks

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to rescue TikTok from a law that requires the short video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or be banned in the United States—starting Sunday—on national security grounds. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that he has spoken with Chinese leader Xi Jinping about the matter.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, faced senators at a confirmation hearing on Friday. In her opening remarks, Noem said Americans felt less safe in their own country and vowed that “President-elect Trump is going to change that.”

President Joe Biden announced on Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is ratified—despite the U.S. archivist recently saying the president could not ratify the constitutional amendment.

Topics in this episode include:

1. SCOTUS Clears Path for TikTok Ban
2. Biden Says New Constitutional Amendment Is Ratified
3. Israel Security Cabinet Approves Truce
4. Residents Evacuated as California Power Plant Burns
5. Wildfires Continue to Ravage California
6. Lineup for FireAid Benefit Concert Announced
7. Trump Expected to Issue More Than 100 Executive Orders
8. China’s 2nd-in-Command to Attend Trump Inauguration
9. Trump, Vance Official Portraits Released
10. Biden Commutes Sentences for Nonviolent Drug Offenders
11. NYC Mayor Eric Adams Meeting With Trump in Florida
12. Presidents’ Letters to Successors in Oval Office
13. House Votes to Deport Illegal Immigrant Sex Offenders
14. States’ Abortion Pill Suit Advances in Texas
15. Biden Admin Targets Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, Wegovy
16. Hawaii: Kilauea Volcanic Eruption Resumes
17. Apple Pulls AI News After Fake Headlines
18. Capital One Tech Issue Affecting Customers
19. Kristi Noem: Start ‘Rounding Up’ Illegals Immediately
20. Kristi Noem Testifies Ahead of HHS Nominee Vote
21. EU Commission Requests X Documents Amid Moderation Probe
22. UK Signals Support for China Plan for Huge London Embassy
23. Former VP Mike Pence Affirms US Support for Taiwan
24. Supreme Court Approves Law That Could Ban TikTok
25. President-Elect Trump’s Inauguration Moved Indoors

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