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— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) January 19, 2025
Day: January 19, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump celebrated the eve of his second inauguration with a rally Sunday at the Capital One Arena in downtown Washington.

TikTok’s dance moves have gotten dirty—and Constitutionally dangerous. The app has brought the U.S. into unchartered legal territory over presidential power.
Nikolai Lukashenko, a “copy of his father” Alexander, appears to be being groomed to take power in Belarus. https://t.co/ZJAeE6xwTG
— DW News (@dwnews) January 19, 2025

The skies over Gaza fell silent for the first time in 14 months, bringing both relief and a sharper understanding of all that has been lost.

Donald Trump pledged Sunday to delay enforcement of a national security law that threatened to ban TikTok, but it’s not clear that the app’s Chinese parent company has satisfied the requirements necessary to extend the deadline to find a possible buyer and avoid a permanent shutdown.

The ego-stroking message to the man who once famously declared, “I Alone Can Fix It,” was clear.

The app has repeatedly name checked the president-elect in pop-up messages and statements, as it navigates a ban in the United States unless it is sold to a non-Chinese owner.
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— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) January 19, 2025
Georgia has been one of the biggest recipients of American aid because it represents strategic interests, energy routes, trade routes, the route to Central Asia, and a country that basically has been the stronghold of democracy and of shared values. #Georgia is one of the oldest,… pic.twitter.com/uyeVeTUSEm
— Ararat Petrosyan (@araratpetrosian) January 19, 2025