A U.S. TikTok ban is set to take effect over the weekend if the social media platform doesn’t divest from its China-based parent company, ByteDance. Comedian Steve Shainman, who has over one million followers on the app and is known for his videos about the restaurant industry through his account “Scubeskitchen,” joined CBS News to discuss the impact the ban could have on creators. Source
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SpaceX to launch two lunar landers in new mission to the moon
Just after midnight Wednesday, a SpaceX rocket is scheduled to lift off, carrying a pair of lunar landers that will try to touch down on the moon in the coming months. One was built by a Japanese company and the other was built by a Texas company. Their mission is to carefully lower to the lunar surface and deliver 10 payloads for NASA. Source
100 people reportedly dead in South African mine as rescues continue
Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their access to food and water. Source
Part one of Jack Smith report on Trump investigation released
Part one of the final report on the investigation into President-elect Donald Trump by former special counsel Jack Smith has been made public. It details his investigative findings in the federal 2020 election interference case. CBS News political reporter Katrina Kaufman has more. Source
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense pick, to appear for confirmation hearing today
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the Defense Department, will face senators at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday morning. Source
Files shed light on notorious spies — and how the queen was kept in the dark
Members of the spy ring in the 1930s spilled secrets to the Soviet Union from the heart of the U.K. intelligence establishment. Source
Biden announces aircraft carriers will be named for Bush, Clinton
The latest line of U.S. carriers is named for Gerald R. Ford, and another of the multi-billion-dollar ships bears John F. Kennedy’s name. Source
Biden announces aircraft carriers will be named for Clinton, Bush
The latest line of U.S. carriers is named for Gerald R. Ford, and another of the multi-billion-dollar ships bears John F. Kennedy’s name. Source
What would happen to TikTok on my phone if the app is banned?
A law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. is set to take effect on Jan. 19. Here’s what that would mean for users of the social media platform. Source
Voters backed abortion rights, but the state judges they elected might not
Though abortion rights supporters prevailed on ballot measures in seven of the 10 states where abortion was up for a vote on Nov. 5, the state supreme courts they’ve elected indicate legal fights to come aren’t clear-cut. Source