TikTok has maintained about 90% of its user traffic in the U.S., despite briefly going offline and being removed from the Apple and Google app stores.

President Trump’s critics were quick to declare his 75-day pause on TikTok’s shutdown illegal — but nearly two weeks later, nobody has sued to stop it.

The latest turn in the ongoing saga over TikTok in the United States has brought the balance of power among the three branches of government into the spotlight.

A ban on TikTok went into effect as expected on Jan. 19, but the app was back online hours after TikTok stopped service in the United States.

Microsoft, which declined to comment on the president’s remarks, had discussed buying TikTok in 2020, when Trump tried to force a sale of the app in his first term.

After all, TikTok is the reason there are more self-made millionaire influencers and content creators in the U.S. than ever before.

TikTok is warning of some wide-ranging consequences if the Supreme Court allows the law banning the video app to take effect on Jan. 19.

The Washington Capitals will continue to wear the logo of Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok on their road jerseys after a U.S. ban on the company was lifted.

Washington DC plane crash caught on dash cam Dash cam footage has been released which shows the moment an American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter in Washington DC. Meanwhile, black boxes have been recovered from the airliner and tests are being carried out in a laboratory.

At least 30 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage in the Potomac River after the American Airlines plane crashed near Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC.

An exhibition on view through March 16, 2025, at the Milwaukee Art Museum demonstrates how photographers have understood and wielded the power of images to convey events.

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