President Biden signed the TikTok ban into law on Wednesday, forcing China-based Bytedance to sell the app or face a ban in American app stores. TikTok tells Gizmodo it will fight the law in court, a case likely to reach the Supreme Court, saying that Biden’s law “tramples” First Amendment protections.
U.S. officials say they will not pursue the death penalty against Julian Assange if he’s extradited from the UK to face charges related to his publication of documents highly embarrassing to the U.S.
In a turn of events that’s par for the course in American politics in 2024, House Republicans were forced to ditch plans to wage a legislative war on “woke” home appliances this week and pivoted their attention, instead, to shoring up unwavering support for Israel.
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