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Trump Takes Office, and the TikTok Roller Coaster

Trump Takes Office, and the TikTok Roller Coaster

The Headlines
Jan 20, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, women’s history on the National Mall.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/trump-return-power.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Aims for Show of Strength as He Returns to Power</strong></a>, <i>by Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/world/middleeast/gazans-and-israelis-dare-to-hope-as-cease-fire-takes-hold.html" target="_blank"><strong>Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold</strong></a>, <i>by Aaron Boxerman, Bilal Shbair, Hiba Yazbek, Isabel Kershner and Christopher Maag</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/tiktoks-shutdown-notice-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Trump’s Solution May Fall Short</strong></a><strong>, </strong><i>by David E. Sanger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/arts/womens-suffrage-national-monument.html" target="_blank"><strong>How a Monument to Women Finally Won a Place on the National Mall</strong></a>, <i>by</i> <i>Jennifer Schuessler</i></p><p> </p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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