Key GOP Senator Says She’s Not Working to Derail Hegseth Nomination

Sen. Joni Ernst also says she’s not interested in becoming President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary. A key Republican senator says she’s not ready to commit to approving President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, but that she’s also not working to derail the nomination. “I don’t have a campaign against Pete,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)

Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Giving Social Media Platform Six Weeks To Sever Ties With CCP-Controlled Parent Company

A federal appeals court denied TikTok’s request to overturn an April law requiring the social media platform to sever ties with its China-based parent company or face a ban in the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday TikTok must divest from CCP-controlled ByteDance by Jan. 19

LA Times Owner To Add AI-Powered ‘Bias Meter’ to News Articles to Give Readers ‘Both Sides’ of Story 

Los Angeles Times billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong is planning to add an artificial intelligence-powered “bias meter” to his outlet’s news articles to help give readers “both sides” of a story, CNN reported. “Somebody could understand as they read it that the source of the article has some level of bias,” he said on CNN’s top

Trump Says Pete Hegseth ‘Support Is Strong and Deep’ Amid Senate Fight

‘Pete Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep,’ Trump said in a Friday statement. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his support for Pete Hegseth, whom he tapped to become secretary of defense, amid reports and allegations against the Fox News host. This week, several Republican senators indicated that Hegseth’s nomination

Secret Service Director Touts Reforms After Trump Assassination Attempts

Acting Director Ronald Rowe said the agency has enacted multiple changes since the assassination attempts. The U.S. Secret Service has been revamped since two attempts were made on President-elect Donald Trump’s life, the agency’s acting director, Ronald Rowe Jr., told lawmakers on Dec. 5. Rowe said that the Secret Service has been “reorganizing and reimagining”

China Achieved Top Education Rankings by Cherry-Picking Students: Report

It says China selects participants from its wealthier and higher academically performing areas. With the next round of global standardized testing planned for next year, education leaders anxiously await improvements by U.S. students and which version of China will participate in the assessments. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will roll out its