Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban; Kristi Noem Faces Questions on National Security Risks

The Supreme Court refused to rescue TikTok on Friday from a law that required the short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned on Sunday in the United States on national security grounds. President-Donald Trump said today he spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping about the matter.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, faced senators at confirmation hearing. In her opening remarks, Noem said Americans felt less safe in their own country and vowed that "President-elect Trump is going to change that."

President Joe Biden announced he has ratified the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), despite the U.S. archivist recently saying the president could not ratify the constitutional amendment.