Topic: Reprieve

President-elect Trump indicated in an NBC News interview that he would likely grant TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban upon taking office. This move is seen as a strategic use of political currency to gain leverage over both Silicon Valley and the Chinese government. The brief self-imposed shutdown by TikTok is characterized as a publicity stunt designed to pressure the incoming administration for further assurances.

A new report from the group Reprieve titled "You Never Die Twice" finds that U.S. drone strikes kill an average of 28 unidentified people for every intended target. The data shows that attempts to kill 41 high-value targets in Pakistan and Yemen resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 people, including 76 children.