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TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block looming US ban
TikTok asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily block a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the popular online video-sharing platform or shut it down a month from now.Should the law come into force it would "shutter one of America's most popular speech platforms the day before a presidential inauguration," TikTok said.
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FBI warns some lawmakers that China aims to create fake stories about them to erode support for Taiwan
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Mexico is scrambling to prevent a crisis at its border with the United States ahead of another Donald Trump presidency during which he has vowed mass deportations.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is trying to appease Trump by preventing migrants reaching the border between the two countries.
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Under Trump, US families gird for potential deportations
Oscar Silva has a bull's eye on his back as Donald Trump prepares to retake power with a pledge to deport millions of undocumented migrants like him.People like Silva are nervously waiting to see if Trump makes good on his pledge to declare a national emergency at the border with Mexico and expel millions who lack residency papers, potentially tearing apart families, homes and lives.
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Grisly remains point to a bleak, ancient chapter in British history
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Two Iranian citizens charged in connection to drone strike that killed 3 US soldiers in Jordan
Two Iranian citizens are facing federal charges in connection to a drone strike that killed three US Army soldiers and injured dozens more in Jordan early this year, the US Justice Department announced Monday.
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Just how fast is Miami sinking into the Atlantic Ocean?
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Kennedy says he’s ‘all for’ polio vaccine as GOP senators raise questions about his views
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Judge rules against Trump bid to throw out hush money conviction
A New York judge ruled Monday against a bid by US President-elect Donald Trump to have his conviction for covering up hush money payments to a porn star thrown out on immunity grounds.Trump has long opposed the criminal process brought against him after he paid a porn star for her silence over an alleged sexual encounter, and then covered up the payments in an effort to boost his chances in 2016's election.
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Video shows dramatic helicopter rescue of 2 stranded kayakers on California beach
A video from the California Highway Patrol shows a rescue of two kayakers that were trapped by a high tide.
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Washington moves to boost crackdown on China Telecom's US unit, source says
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NY judge upholds Trump hush money conviction despite Supreme Court's immunity ruling
Judge Juan Merchan sided with Manhattan prosecutors in saying Trump's actions were "unofficial" and therefore not protected by presidential immunity
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Drone sightings: A timeline of the reports, arrests and calls for answers
Drone sightings have been reported across the eastern U.S. in states like New Jersey, New York and Maryland.
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Judge rules Trump does not have presidential immunity protections in hush money conviction
Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case should not be tossed out because of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday.
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Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction based on presidential immunity
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California land to be returned to Yurok Tribe
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