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)

Trump says support for Hegseth’s nomination is “strong and deep”

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be defense secretary, on Friday morning received a vote of confidence from Trump, who said he’s winning more support than media reports indicate. “Pete Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have you believe,” Trump posted on

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