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The Justice Department determined this week a federal law banning TikTok from government devices no longer applies to the social video app.The written opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel — an office that offers legal advice to the executive branch — was issued six months after TikTok’s U.S.-based operations were shifted to a new joint venture mostly made up of American investors. The social network’s prior ownership by Beijing-based ByteDance, which still holds a minority stake, had drawn years of national security concerns and caused TikTok to face a looming nationwide ban.In late 2022, Congress passed bipartisan…

Jana Choukeir and Enas AlashrayUpdated July 18, 2026 — 5:13pm,first published 10:33amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAADubai/Cairo: Iran launched renewed attacks on US Gulf allies on Saturday after a seventh straight night of American strikes targeting Iranian military sites including logistics infrastructure, escalating the war a week after a fragile ceasefire agreement fell apart.Kuwait came under sustained attack, with a desalination plant hit and operations at Kuwait International Airport suspended due to repeated missile and drone threats.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they struck a US military support centre at Camp…

Newly-declassified documents touted by President Donald Trump during his address on election security Thursday cast doubt on some of his claims about «shocking vulnerabilities» in the country’s election infrastructure.While Trump claimed during his address that the nation’s election systems are vulnerable to «hacking, exploitation, and foreign interference,» the intelligence reports released by the White House concluded overall that the main infrastructure used to conduct elections in the United States «would be difficult to manipulate on a wide enough scale to alter the election outcome.»»Great damage has been done to our country. Our elections were left vulnerable to being rigged and…

Many stars went to the chapel and said “I do” in 2026. Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White rang in the new year with a wedding to her now-husband, John Donaldson. Stranger Things star Maya Hawke, for her part, said “I do” to longtime boyfriend Christian Lee Hutson in a surprise Valentine’s Day ceremony the next month. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Continuing the merriment, reality TV stars Jasmine Goode, Blake Horstmann and Jenni “JWoww” Farley all said “I do” to their respective partners in June. July kicked off with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce tying the knot at…

NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani was at the top of the Dodgers’ lineup Friday against the New York Yankees, five days after receiving an injection in his left knee. And he’s penciled in to pitch against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.Ohtani received an orthovisc shot in his knee to lubricate the joint and relieve irritation, manager Dave Roberts said, and did not have it drained.“It gives him some relief in his knee which we were hoping to get,” Roberts said. “Then the four days off with no activity which gives it a chance to settle in.”Ohtani was expected to be in the…

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has doubled down on threats United States President Donald Trump made against states that defy his demands for election reform.Mullin’s latest speech on Friday largely reiterated what Trump said the night before: that the administration would pursue a hardline agenda to reshape US elections.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBorrowing a term from Trump’s foreign policy platform, Mullin pledged to pursue a campaign of “maximum pressure” to ensure compliance.He also hinted at repercussions for those Trump accused of misleading the US public during the 2020 election, which Trump falsely claims he won.“This isn’t about…

For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries.  To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses under the most repressive regimes and held an open competition to fund groups to work in those countries.  This year, Trump administration officials presented State Department workers with their own list of organizations that should be funded. To the shock of many staffers and lawmakers, they proposed at least a dozen grants that would bypass the normal open bidding…

The family of a woman who died after falling into an uncovered 10-foot-deep manhole in Manhattan filed a lawsuit against New York City’s largest utility, saying she experienced “unfathomable” pain.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Con Edison’s “careless, grossly negligent, reckless, wanton and willful” disregard for safety caused the death of Donike “Donna” Gocaj, her family said in the lawsuit filed Thursday.Gocaj, 56, had parked her car in midtown Manhattan on May 18 and was headed to her job as an overnight cleaner when she stepped out of her vehicle and into the…

TAPACHULA, México — A strong earthquake struck the southern Mexican Pacific coast on Friday, right on the border with Guatemala, and was felt from Mexico City to El Salvador. Authorities have not immediately reported any severe damage or casualties in any country.The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 with the epicenter 48 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Aquiles Serdan, near the coast of Chiapas and at a depth of 15 kilometers (9 miles). It was preceded by a smaller quake with an epicenter a bit farther out in the ocean.In Tapachula, the main…

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