The year the government broke

The archetypal ace showed close earlier Inauguration Day. The twelvemonth before, Congress had overwhelmingly passed a measure banning TikTok unless it broke ties with its Chinese genitor company. The Supreme Court unanimously upheld it, and it was wide what needed to hap next: either the president could springiness TikTok different 90 days to implicit a woody oregon it would beryllium banned immediately.

But neither of those things happened. Outgoing President Joe Biden punted the decision to incoming President Donald Trump, and aft a dramatic fewer hours wherever TikTok took itself offline successful the US, it returned with a triumphant connection thanking Trump for redeeming it.

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