How Donald Trump Went From Calling for a TikTok Ban to Backing Off
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How Donald Trump Went From Calling for a TikTok Ban to Backing Off

In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that.
Trump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban
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Trump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban

The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform.
The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024
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The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024

Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Flaco the escaped eagle-owl, Charlotte the maybe-pregnant stingray — they distracted us from the messy human world but were also clear reflections of it.