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Cease-Fire Expected to Move Forward, and a Last-Ditch Pitch to Save TikTok

Cease-Fire Expected to Move Forward, and a Last-Ditch Pitch to Save TikTok

The Headlines
Jan 17, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, remembering David Lynch’s weirdness.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/17/world/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire/israel-hamas-gaza-cease-fire?smid=url-share" target="_blank"><strong>Israel and Hamas Work Out Differences Over Deal, Netanyahu Says</strong></a>, <i>by Ephrat Livni</i></p><p><a href="https://nytimes.com/2025/01/17/technology/tiktok-ban-lobbying-washington.html" target="_blank"><strong>TikTok Makes Last-Minute Push as Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule on Ban</strong></a>, <i>by David McCabe, Adam Liptak and Sapna Maheshwari</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/la-fires-evacuations-homes.html" target="_blank"><strong>More Than a Week After the Fires, Los Angeles Evacuees Remain in Limbo</strong></a>, <i>by Kellen Browning, Jesus Jiménez and Jennifer Medina</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/biden-commute-sentences-drug-offenders.html" target="_blank"><strong>Biden to Commute Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders</strong></a>, <i>by Erica L. Green and Zolan Kanno-Youngs</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/climate/panama-canal-invasive-fish.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Panama Canal’s Newest Voyagers: Fishy Intruders From Two Oceans</strong></a>, <i>by Raymond Zhong</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/movies/david-lynch-dead.html" target="_blank"><strong>David Lynch, Maker of Florid and Unnerving Films, Dies at 78</strong></a>, <i>by J. Hoberman</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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