Bobby Allen

The deal doesn't eliminate Chinese influence altogether.

ByteDance will retain 20% of the new entity.

and the algorithm will be licensed from Beijing.

The big question now is how, if at all, the content and the algorithm are reshaped under the new management.

Bobby Allen, NPR News.

Musk donated to a group supporting Nate Morris, the Republican in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell.

Morris, who has ties to Vice President J.D.

Vance, is a CEO based in Lexington who is critical of the Republican establishment.

He's considered an underdog in the contest to follow McConnell.

The money represents the largest yet for Musk in the midterm election cycle.

Musk spent nearly $300 million to back Trump in 2024 and assumed a high-profile role in the administration.

But after the two became estranged, Musk claimed he was done with politics and even threatened to start his own party.

But now, Musk is funneling millions into a super PAC to push nominees who position themselves as populist pro-business candidates.

Bobby Allen, NPR News.

The company is called Just Answer.

It runs hundreds of sites like AskWomensHealth.com, AskALawyer.com, and Perl.com.

FTC investigators say people would find them by clicking an online ad, which would instruct them to sign up to get human help with their questions.

That's when hundreds of thousands of people got allegedly locked into monthly fees up to nearly $80 a month.

It's a tactic known as dark patterns, when consumers are tricked into recurring fees that are difficult to cancel.

In a statement, a JustAnswer spokesman said the company's disappointed with the suit, saying its pricing models are clear and simple.