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The app’s Chinese parent company said it had reached a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new American TikTok to avoid a ban in the U.S.

The former special prosecutor argued a case he was never allowed to in court: that President Trump “engaged in criminal activity” that undermined democracy.

Approval of the package, which would fund federal agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, brings Congress closer to meeting a Jan. 30 deadline.

Prosecutors said the man had offered a bounty for killing Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official. Defense lawyers said he was just sharing a social media post.

A photo showed the boy being held next to a vehicle as his father was detained. A Homeland Security spokeswoman said the man had fled and left the child.

Half the U.S. population will most likely see some effect from the sprawling storm that will move across the country this weekend, meteorologists said.

The National Weather Service warned of “considerable disruption to transportation and daily life” from Sunday into Monday.