The Chinese-owned company said it will cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they will not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.TikTok said late Friday that its service would “go dark” for its 170 million American users on Sunday in the face o
After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.TikTok’s defeat at the Supreme Court set the stage for its app to be banned in the United States starting Sunday.
The company is one of the app’s leading server providers, managing the data centers where billions of 40-second videos are stored.Oracle has said in the past that its sales and profits would be hurt by a TikTok ban.
The full Israeli cabinet passed the agreement during a meeting that continued into the Jewish Sabbath, setting up the first reprieve in Gaza in over a year.A woman passing by photos of people who were killed in the war and hostages who were still in captivity, in Tel Aviv on Friday.
The Qatari prime minister, working with both President Biden’s envoy and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s representative, formed an unlikely partnership.An Israeli soldier standing on a tank near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Wednesday.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once filed a petition asking the F.D.A. to revoke emergency authorization of Covid vaccines in 2021, when estimates had begun to s
Mayor Eric Adams said that a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump was about New York City’s future. Each man has his own reasons to forge close ties.President-elect Donald J. Trump’s motorcade exits the Trump International Golf Club in Florida, where he met with Mayor Eric Adams of New York
Brandon Williams served aboard a nuclear submarine and represented a New York congressional district for one term, but has said little about his experience in the management of atomic weapons.Brandon Williams, a former representative from New York and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead t
“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him.President Biden’s closest family members and advisers recognized his physical frailty to a greater degree than they have publicly acknowledged and wor
The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.Under the Constitution, the president has no direct role in approving amendments and his statement has no
With Trump back in town, owners are wondering how the dining scene will shape up.Téa Ivanovic, the chief operating officer and a founder of the fast-casual chain Immigrant Food, said she sees “all kinds of people” on the political spectrum at the White House location.
At a moment of peak triumph and celebration, President-elect Donald J. Trump looks stern in his inauguration portrait.
Sweeps by Border Patrol agents in California have stoked fears among undocumented migrant workers on the eve of Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration.A Border Patrol chief posted a video this past week of a crackdown in California called Operation Return to Sender.
But the judges stayed their ruling and for now, hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients will continue to have protection from deportation.A rally in support of DACA in 2022 in Washington. A federal appeals court ruled against the program on Friday, but stopped short of allowing current beneficiarie
Janet L. Yellen, the outgoing Treasury secretary, urged lawmakers to raise the debt limit and protect the full faith and credit of the United States.Janet L. Yellen, the Treasury secretary, issued a new warning Friday about the debt limit.
Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Toronto on Friday. He will huddle with cabinet ministers on Monday and Tuesday in case the United States imposes tariffs.
The director developed such a distinct style that “Lynchian” became a go-to term for any sort of surrealism onscreen. These scenes from his work get to the heart of what that term embodied.
A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before.
Many Californians thought wildfires couldn’t reach deep into their cities. But the Los Angeles fires showed how older homes became fuel that fed the fires.The Eaton fire burned more than 6,500 structures in and around Altadena, Calif.
Weakened by cancer and nagged by his conscience, a former Georgia prosecutor wants the courts to reverse the sentence he demanded for a man who didn’t physically harm anyone in his crimes.Kelly Burke, the former district attorney of Houston County, Ga., in his office in Byron, Ga., last month.
Doctors have a responsibility to reassure their patients, regardless of immigration status, that they are welcome and protected.
After initial celebrations, challenges will be enormous as the terms of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire progress.
Also, Trump said it will be too cold for an outdoor inauguration. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.A TikTok creator outside the Supreme Court today.
Parents in Maryland said a school board’s refusal to notify them and to excuse their children from discussions of the storybooks violated the First Amendment.Lower courts refused to block the use of the books while the suit moved forward. The Supreme Court will now hear the case.
