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    How a Tech Executive Lobbied Lawmakers for the TikTok Ban

    How a Tech Executive Lobbied Lawmakers for the TikTok Ban

    In lobbying Congress to force the sale of TikTok, a Palantir executive called it a national-security threat—a digital Trojan horse controlled by the Chinese government.

    • 17 min
    Wired’s Katie Drummond: The TikTok Ban Is “Rooted in Hypocrisy”; Plus, Hannah Goldfield on Culinary TikTok

    Wired’s Katie Drummond: The TikTok Ban Is “Rooted in Hypocrisy”; Plus, Hannah Goldfield on Culinary TikTok

    A tech journalist sees Silicon Valley making policy—and lawmakers refusing to regulate social media. Plus, salmon in the dishwasher, and other highlights of culinary TikTok.

    • 33 min
    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Could Swing the Election. Who Should Be More Worried—Biden or Trump?

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Could Swing the Election. Who Should Be More Worried—Biden or Trump?

    For Democrats and Republicans, it’s time to pay attention to R.F.K., Jr. Three writers discuss his possible impact on the election.

    • 29 min
    Israel, Gaza, and the Turmoil at One American University

    Israel, Gaza, and the Turmoil at One American University

    Not since the Vietnam War has a protest movement reached college campuses with such fury. We look at the reverberations at one school, Harvard University.

    • 49 min
    Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, Who Refused to “Find” Votes for Donald Trump, Prepares for Another Election

    Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, Who Refused to “Find” Votes for Donald Trump, Prepares for Another Election

    Amid threats, Georgia’s secretary of state describes how he convinces Republican voters that elections are fair.

    • 15 min
    Jerry Seinfeld on Making a Life in Comedy (and Also, Pop-Tarts)

    Jerry Seinfeld on Making a Life in Comedy (and Also, Pop-Tarts)

    The comedian could have retired decades ago, but he continues to hone his craft onstage, and at age seventy he’s directed his first feature film, “Unfrosted.”

    • 35 min

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