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What challenges are Iranians facing under dictatorship?
For 47 years, Iranians have lived under a dictatorship many no longer want. Now the country may have reached a breaking point.
Iranians have recognized that they need to take matters into their own hands, pushing back against authority.
We ask three central questions about how Iran got here and what comes next. Listen to ThruLine on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Millions of Americans are bracing for a weekend winter storm, likely one of the country's largest in years. In parts of the southern plains and lower Mississippi Valley, snow is expected to quickly give way to ice and freezing rain. NPR's Anusha Mathur reports that icy conditions could bring a host of hazards.
Snow can be dangerous, especially on the road. But this storm is also expected to bring freezing rain, which creates a glaze of ice on surfaces. It weighs tree branches and power lines down, potentially causing power outages as they snap or fall. National Weather Service forecaster Simone Lewis says it doesn't take much ice to make roads and bridges treacherous.
You know, if you haven't started your preparations for this storm yet, should definitely be starting to do so now.
The ice and sleet will be felt most in the southern plains and lower Mississippi Valley, but tens of millions of people across the country are in the storm's path. Anusha Mathur, NPR News.
President Trump has wrapped up his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying in a social media post he is now on his way back to Washington. His trip to Davos was marked by tensions over Greenland. Details of the deal reached with NATO, though, are few. Trump says its structure is still being worked on. TikTok's U.S. operation has new owners. NPR's Bobby Allen reports on the deal that's now closed to sell most of the app's Chinese stake to new investors.
A new entity led by Trump ally Larry Ellison's tech company Oracle will now control TikTok, an app used by more than half of Americans. The new ownership averts a nationwide ban of the app. It was set in motion by a federal law requiring Chinese divestment over national security concerns. 80% of the company will be owned by a consortium of investors that includes Oracle, private equity firm Silverlake, and MGX, an Emirati investment group.
What impact will the upcoming winter storm have on Americans?
The deal doesn't eliminate Chinese influence altogether. ByteDance will retain 20 percent 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.
President Trump's White House ballroom project got another hearing this time before the Commission of Fine Arts. Here's NPR's Tamara Keith reporting.
A new entity led by Trump ally Larry Ellison's tech company Oracle.
The ballroom project will need approval from the Commission of Fine Arts, which was recently reconstituted with Trump appointees. Ballroom architect Shalom Baranis presented design drawings to the commission, but said many details are still being filled in. Commission chairman Rodney Mims Cook Jr. told Baranis he needed to see more.
I know the president wants to get on with this and we need to let him do his job. He's got a lot of things on his mind. And so how much more will you be able to provide us the next time?
Bronis said his team is working on 3D renderings and, when pressed, said he could also produce a physical model.
This is NPR News. Capitol Hill Thursday, former special prosecutor Jack Smith publicly testified before lawmakers for the first time. Smith was questioned by the House Judiciary Committee about his investigation of President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election that culminated in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. On social media, President Trump suggested that Smith himself should be prosecuted. Smith says he will not be intimidated. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lifted its public health emergency for mpox, formerly called monkeypox.
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