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Articles in this issue: Schumer Voices Plea for TikTok Deadline Extension to Find ‘Workable Solution’ FDA Authorizes ZYN Nicotine Pouches, Citing Favorable Balance of Risks Prospective Trump Energy Czar Would Expand Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Lands, Waters 5 Takeaways From Bessent’s Confirmation Hearing for Treasury Secretary Trump Unveils Key Nominees to Drive Housing Policy, Deliver US Energy Dominance Supreme Court May Rule on TikTok Ban on Friday American Express to Pay $230 Million to Settle Accusations of Deceptive Practices Blinken: US Is Committed to Protecting Religious Freedom Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist and Trump Critic Arrested for Child Pornography 5 Takeaways From Lee Zeldin’s EPA Confirmation Hearing Mexico’s Tijuana Declares Emergency in Anticipation of Mass Deportations Key Trump Cabinet Picks Face Tough Questions in Senate Hearings; Israel Cease-Fire Vote Delayed | Capitol Report What to Expect at Kristi Noem’s Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security Israel–Hamas Cease-Fire Agreement Stalled; Senate Continues Confirmation Hearings for More Trump Cabinet Picks DEA Expanding Telehealth Access for Controlled Medications, Adding New Safeguards More ‘Red Flag’ Weather May Be Headed to Southern California More Arson Arrests Made Amid Los Angeles Wildfire Emergency CDC Issues Health Alert for Faster Bird Flu Testing Multiple Food Items Recalled Nationwide Citing Undeclared Ingredients Easing Regulatory Burden in Housing Market a Top Priority for HUD, Turner Says Commerce Department Imposes Export Controls on Biotech Equipment Over Security Concerns US Blacklists Companies, Tightens Export Rules to Prevent Diversion of Chips to China Apple, Samsung Smartphone Shipments Fall Amid Competition With Chinese Makers Chinese Company Hytera Pleads Guilty to Stealing Motorola Technology 6 Takeaways From Rubio’s Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of State TikTokkers Flood to China’s RedNote App Before Potential Ban Trump Administration Will Work With Indo-Pacific Allies Under Existing Partnership, Says Rep. Waltz Migration Drops 10 Percent in 2023-24: Australia’s First Decline Since Border Reopening Jewish Leader’s Ex-Home Hit With Arson, Graffiti Attack Day in Photos: Treasury Secretary Hearings, Keir Starmer in Kyiv, and Cave Paintings in France Mark Carney Launches Liberal Leadership Bid in Edmonton Trudeau Defends Carbon Tax That Some Liberal Leadership Candidates May Run Against BC Says US Tariffs Could Cost Province $69B; More Than 100,000 Jobs Manitoba Announces New Social Housing Units as Part of Plan to Tackle Homelessness View of Seoul Detention Centre: President Yoon’s 2nd Night After Arrest Is a Canadian Renaissance Possible? Poilievre Says He’s Following US Decision on TikTok Closely, Has Banned Caucus From Using Chinese App CRTC Announces Steps to Improve Internet Reliability, Affordability in Canada’s North The Israel–Hamas Cease-Fire Deal: What We Know So Far Who Are the Members of Trudeau’s New Council on US Relations? Federal IT Contracting Cost 25% More Than In-house Services: PBO Report Quebec Opposition Parties Call for Investigation Into Struggling Lion Electric Elections Canada Employee’s Legal Challenge of Maskless Workplace Dismissed by Federal Court As University of Alberta Steps Back From DEI, Will Others Follow Suit? Immigration Leads to Record Population Growth in Several Quebec Regions NY Will Raise Minimum Wage and Rate of Business Exodus Pillaged by Paper Money Michael Zwaagstra: Here Are Several Ways to Reduce Distraction in the Classroom Pentagon Report Examines China’s National, Economic, and Military Strategy Los Angeles Fires Waking Up More California Residents Co-opting Capitalism: From Value Creation to Virtue Signaling How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Jan. 16 US Inflation Expectations Mixed, Food Prices Anticipated to Increase Intuitive Surgical Revenue Soars on Strong Demand for Robotic Surgeries DOT Files Lawsuit Against Southwest Airlines for Chronic Flight Delays How to Ease Your Financial Anxieties in 2025 AI Is Fueling Intense Demand for Electricity: Should You Invest in Utilities? UK Faces Dilemma Navigating Future Trade Ties Under Trump: Think Tank Perdue Agrees to Pay $4 Million After Children Worked Hazardous Jobs, Labor Department Says Nearly 170,000 Australians Contacted Debt Helpline Last Year FEC Commissioner Sees ‘DOGE Potential’ in Moving Agency Out of Washington Unemployment Reaches 4 Percent as Workers Face Longer Hours Mass Train Strikes Causing ‘Incalculable’ Economic Damage: NSW Premier SpaceX Launches 7th Starship Test Flight ‘Arctic Blast’ to Hit Eastern US This Weekend Intrepid White Dwarf Has Close Encounter With Massive Black Hole Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Reaches Orbit in First Attempt The Return of the Giant Pink Slug: A Symbol of Australia’s Bushfire Resilience Australian Start-Up Raises $20 Million to Develop ‘Groundbreaking’ Quantum Tech Trump’s Energy Chief Nominee Says He Supports ‘All-of-the-Above’ Approach to Energy Incoming National Security Adviser Says Trump Exploring Ways to Preserve TikTok in US TikTok Influencer Charged After Drugging Baby for Followers Telstra, Accenture Lock In 7-Year Venture to Develop AI Hollywood Film Directing Legend David Lynch Dies at 78 Canadian Rapper Drake Sues His Record Label Over Kendrick Lamar Diss Track Indian Bollywood Star Saif Ali Khan Is Stabbed by Intruder at His Home in Mumbai Settlement Reached Between Des Moines Art Center and Artist Over Sculpture Demolition Lee Greenwood on Singing ‘God Bless the USA’ at Trump’s Inauguration US general news