TikTok is coming back online after Trump pledged to restore it  —  New York CNN —  TikTok appears to be coming back online just hours after President-elect Donald Trump pledged Sunday that he would sign an executive order Monday that aims to restore the banned app.

Donald Trump, crypto billionaire … - After another massive overnight rally, as of Sunday morning Trump's crypto holdings were worth as much as $58 billion on paper, enough — with his other assets — to make him one of the world's 25 richest people.

Trump is back.  But a return of total resistance would be a bad strategy.  —  A guide for how liberals should approach the next four years.  —  When Donald Trump was first elected president in the fall of 2016, his elevation to the most powerful office in the world seemed like an aberration.

Statement from President Joe Biden on Clemency Actions  —  America is a country built on the promise of second chances.  As President, I have used my clemency power to make that promise a reality by issuing more individual pardons and commutations than any other President in U.S. history.

Live Updates: First Hostages Return to Israel as Gaza Cease-Fire Takes Hold  —  The initial stage of a truce between Israel and Hamas prompted celebrations in Gaza and hope for an end to the 15-month war.  Three women were the first Israeli hostages to be released.

‘Lady McBiden’: Alexandra Pelosi Blasts the First Lady  —  The feud between the president and ex-speaker intensifies in the waning days of his presidency.  —  Since breaking her hip in Europe last month, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has been deluged with messages, flowers and calls of concern …

Trump Barely Won the Popular Vote.  Why Doesn't It Feel That Way?  —  In 2024, Donald Trump won the popular vote by 1.5 points.  Trump and Democrats alike treated this result as an overwhelming repudiation of the left and a broad mandate for the MAGA movement.  But by any historical measure, it was a squeaker.

Schools Using AI Emulation of Anne Frank That Urges Kids Not to Blame Anyone for Holocaust  —  The Anne Frank Experience  —  You're probably familiar with Anne Frank, a European Jewish girl whose posthumously-published diary documents her time hiding from Nazi persecution …

National Guard troops worry Trump will deploy them for mass deportations  —  “I don't want to be seen as a Gestapo,” one former senior military official said.  —  National Guard members fear landing in the center of a political tussle between red state governors and blue state attorneys general …

Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe  —  What a single phone call from the president-elect did to an unswerving American ally  —  What did Donald Trump say over the phone to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, on Wednesday?  I don't know which precise words he used, but I witnessed their impact.

Texas Has a Perverse Idea of Religious Freedom  —  The Supreme Court of Texas just heard oral argument in a case challenging a remarkably punitive and malicious attack on religious liberty by the state of Texas.  That attack isn't just dangerous on its own terms, it's also a potential preview …

‘Reactionary nihilism’: how a rightwing movement strives to end US democracy  —  Money, Lies, and God exposes a Christian nationalist movement funded by the super-rich seeking to secure their wealth at the expense of others  —  There is a “real and very, very present” threat to the US …

Bannon: Billionaire CEOs have surrendered to Trump  —  Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon said he sees the presence of billionaire CEOs and tech moguls at President-elect Trump's inaugural events as a white flag of surrender from “the oligarchs.” … - “I will have Elon Musk run out of here by Inauguration Day …