(CNN) — The Supreme Court will decide the fate of the popular social media app TikTok in a matter of weeks. Unless the company wins its appeal to the high court or divests from Chinese ownership, the video platform could be banned in the US on January 19 due to national security concerns.
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1. Government funding
A government funding deal negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson has been scrapped after President-elect Donald Trump came out against it on Wednesday. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance sharply criticized the deal for what they see as Democratic priorities and called on Republicans to increase the debt limit as part of the negotiations to keep the government running. The bill included nearly $100 billion in disaster reliefand another $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers. It also gave lawmakers their first raise since 2009. If passed by the …