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The Trump administration is taking a victory lap over its effort to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., calling it a fulfillment of a 2024 campaign promise and hoping young Americans remember the favor.

The Department of Energy asked the nation's grid operators to make backup power from facilities such as data centers available -- an emergency action in case the oncoming record-breaking winter storm leaves blackouts across the country.

It was too cold for school in Chicago and other Midwestern cities Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began to crank up that could bring snow, sleet, ice and bone-chilling temperatures as well as extensive power outages to about half of the U.S.

Amazon could lay off thousands of corporate employees next week, according to reports.

Volker Turk, the U.N.'s commissioner for human rights, on Friday accused the Trump administration of launching immigration raids that don't respect the due process rights of migrants and refugees and have resulted in violent detentions at hospitals,

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer is endorsing his former campaign manager to succeed him after he leaves Congress, where he is currently the longest-serving Democrat.

A vast network of labor unions, progressive organizations and clergy has been urging Minnesotans to stay away from work, school and stores Friday to protest against immigration enforcement in the state.

Russia said it would hold trilateral security talks with U.S. and Ukrainian officials in the United Arab Emirates on Friday after a "constructive and very frank" meeting among U.S. diplomats and Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before.

Iran's top nuclear official on Friday demanded the International Atomic Energy Agency declare a position on the U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic's nuclear facilities last June.

President Trump will no longer invite Canada to join his Board of Peace after tensions between the countries flared at an economic forum in Switzerland.