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TikTok’s Security Threats Go Beyond the Scope of House Legislation

The risks have less to do with who owns the app than who writes the code and algorithms that make TikTok tick.

U.S. House Passes Bill to Force TikTok Sale From Chinese Owner or Ban the App

The legislation is likely to escalate a showdown between Beijing and Washington over the control of technologies. The bill faces a tough road in the Senate.

What happens next with TikTok?

A sale of TikTok would not be easy. Here’s why.

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Judge Quashes Six Charges in Georgia Election Case Against Trump

The ruling said charges that Donald Trump and his allies solicited public officials to break the law were not specific enough; it left the rest of the case intact.

Biden Campaigns in Wisconsin After He and Trump Clinch Nominations

President Biden is campaigning in the battleground state whose primary is next month. He beat Donald Trump there by a tiny margin in 2020.

U.K. Moves to Ban Foreign State Ownership of Newspapers

A roughly $1 billion bid from the former CNN chief Jeff Zucker and his Emirati backers to acquire London’s Daily Telegraph raised concerns among lawmakers.

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Heirs Awarded Nazi-Looted Art Are Still Waiting, 17 Years Later

A Dutch panel ruled in 2007 to return a painting to a Jewish family, but a notary handling the restitution says he doesn’t have all the right documents.

Israel Allows Aid Directly Into North Gaza, Raising Hopes for More

The World Food Program delivery, containing food for 25,000 people, was the first since Oct. 7 to go directly from Israel into the northern Gaza Strip.

• Destruction in a neighborhood of Khan Younis, Gaza. By The Associated Press
• A pier in Khan Younis in southern Gaza that could be used as an entry point to receive humanitarian aid by sea. Fatima Shbair/Associated Press
• Outside Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, after a strike. Said Khatib/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
• Israeli military vehicles patrolling the Israel-Gaza border. Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
• Humanitarian aid airdropped over Gaza. Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
• A Palestinian man rides in a damaged car following an Israeli raid in the Hamad City housing complex in southern Gaza. Ahmed Zakot/Reuters
• Relatives of the Al Atrsh family mourn their deaths in Al Aqsa hospital, following an airstrike in Deir al Balah in southern Gaza. Mohammed Saber/EPA, via Shutterstock
• A camp for displaced Palestinians run by UNRWA in Rafah. Mohammed Abed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
• An Apache helicopter releases a flare above the Israel-Gaza border. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
• A destroyed house in Deir al Balah town in southern Gaza after an airstrike. Mohammed Saber/EPA, via Shutterstock

A U.N. agency said one of its workers was killed when Israeli forces hit an aid warehouse in Rafah.

A Corvette and Swimsuit Shots: Biden Offers a Tour of His Life

Transcripts of five hours of interviews with the special counsel released this week show that President Biden has a lot of stories to tell.

Hunter Biden Refuses to Testify Publicly, Calling G.O.P. Inquiry a ‘Circus’

In a letter, a lawyer for the president’s son cited a scheduling conflict and denounced the Republican impeachment inquiry as a “carnival side show.”

Don Lemon Says His Deal With X Is Canceled

Days before Don Lemon’s new talk show was set to debut, his deal combusted after a testy interview with Elon Musk, Mr. Lemon said.

New U.S. Arms for Ukraine Will Help, for a Little While

The $300 million package will help hold off the Russians for a few weeks, analysts say, but without far more Ukraine may go on losing ground.

The E.U. lifted sanctions against a Russian tech tycoon after he condemned the war and began severing ties to Moscow.

Geert Wilders Says He Will Forgo Becoming Dutch Prime Minister

Mr. Wilders, who won the last elections decisively, made the announcement in an effort to increase the chances of forming a right-wing coalition.

Nicholas Kristof

Lessons From Abroad on How Biden Can Win

Zeynep Tufekci

Kate Middleton’s Story Is About So Much More Than Kate Middleton

Charles M. Blow

Some Black Voters Are Souring on Democrats. It May Be Part of a Natural Drift.

Patrick Healy

R.F.K. Jr.’s Possible V.P. Picks Are No Joke

Thomas L. Friedman

Netanyahu Is Making Israel Radioactive

David Wallace-Wells

Why We Gave Up on the Future

Joy Neumeyer

There Is Something Putin Can’t Control

What the ‘Rust’ Shooting Case Is Really About

Adam Sternbergh

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Payday Rewards His Artistic Bravado

Yes, the Internet Is Broken, but What Does a Fix Look Like?

Jessica Grose

‘What American Families Experienced Is Not Something That You Get Over’

Bret Stephens

Israel Has No Choice but to Fight On

Letters From Our Readers

Robert Hur’s Testimony About His Report on Biden

Racial Justice Should Include Survivors of Sexual Violence

Álvaro Santana-Acuña

Would It Really Be Better to Never See Gabriel García Márquez’s Final Book?

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A Blow to TikTok

The House passed a bill that could ban the app, a Georgia judge dismissed six charges in Donald Trump’s case and more.

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Family Drama in the Garden State

Two of New Jersey’s statewide offices could be held by people living in the same mansion.

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Four Years On, the Mysteries of Covid Are Unraveling

Are superdodgers real? Is Covid seasonal? And what’s behind its strangest symptoms? Here’s what we’ve learned.

Emma Navarro Upsets Aryna Sabalenka at Indian Wells

Navarro, ranked No. 23 in the world, scored the biggest win of her career in beating the two-time Grand Slam champion.

From The Athletic

Philippe de Gaulle, Admiral and Son of Charles de Gaulle, Dies at 102

His exploits in World War II and later Algeria and Indochina were not enough for him to emerge from the shadow of his father, the former French president.

Olivia Munn Had Double Mastectomy After Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Munn said she was given the diagnosis last April, two months after negative results on a test that checked for 90 cancer genes.

Lawyer, Author and TikTok Star Spent 72 Years in an Iron Lung

Artists Withdraw From SXSW Over U.S. Military’s Support of Israel

A Blood Test Shows Promise for Early Colon Cancer Detection

U.F.C. Wrestler Mark Coleman Is Hospitalized After Saving Parents From Fire

Three Men Face Federal Gun Charges in Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting

Oil Fields Release Far More Methane Than Thought, Study Finds

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A Japanese Festival of Fire and Spirits

During Setsubun celebrations in Kyoto, Japan, demons and bad luck are banished as people prepare for the start of the new year.

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