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  • The social media application logo, TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone on an American flag background. With the TikTok CEO set to testify on Capitol Hill on Thursday, influencers and lobbyists are pressing the government not to ban the app.
    Armed with influencers and lobbyists, TikTok goes on the offense on Capitol Hill
    TikTok's top executive will have to defend the app against allegations it shares U.S. users data with the Chinese government at a Thursday hearing, as the government weighs limiting or banning it.
  • What U.S. intelligence agencies can do to prevent future data leaks
    NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Glenn Gerstell, former general counsel to the National Security Agency, about what U.S. intelligence agencies can do to prevent data leaks in the future.
  • Report: U.S. Attorneys Sacked For Partisan Reasons
    Justice Department report concludes that political partisan considerations played a part in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006, but stops short of recommending criminal charges against top officials.
  • Joint Chiefs Shake-Up Leaves Questions
    Defense Secretary Robert Gates is recommending the nation's top naval officer, Adm. Michael Mullen be nominated as the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Peter Pace will not be reappointed to a second term. Jacki Lyden speaks with Chris Cavas, a reporter with Defense News.
  • Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday.
    Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals
    Francis has now named nine batches of new cardinals in his 10-year papacy. Increasingly, the men who will vote for whoever succeeds Francis are churchmen supportive of his values.
  • This sketch, by Commander May R.N., circa 1853, depicts one the missions to find the Franklin expedition, which vanished in 1845.
    'Ghosts' In The Arctic: How The Long-Lost Franklin Expedition Was Found
    In the 1840s, two British crews vanished while seeking a passage through the ice at the top of the world. Paul Watson became "obsessed with the mystery" and tells the story in his new book Ice Ghosts.
  • Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) spoke about his plan to support free-market health-care reform at the Florida Medical Association in August. Romney's campaign declined to reveal his own health-care coverage, although he's required to have it by a law he helped pass while governor of Massachusetts.
    Health Care's a Big Issue. Who Covers Candidates?
    Health insurance is turning into a top-tier issue in this year's presidential campaign. We asked the presidential hopefuls about their own coverage — and that of their staffs. Not everyone was talking.
  • Obama Names Panetta, Blair To Intel Team
    President-elect Barack Obama has named former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta as his choice to head the CIA. He also picked retired Adm. Dennis Blair to be director of national intelligence, which oversees all intelligence operations.
  • Will AIG Need More Taxpayer Money?
    The U.S. government has again propped up insurance giant AIG. It's the fourth time the government has intervened to save the company. The question is whether an additional $30 billion, on top of the $150 billion already committed, will be enough to save the company. Some analysts believe government aid to AIG will peak at $250 billion.
  • Keggie Carew — seen here with her father, Tom Carew — says, "It was never mundane with dad, even with dementia."
    Author Unravels Her Spy Dad's Life, One Secret Mission At A Time
    Keggie Carew grew up with her father's stories of parachuting into the jungle and working as a spy in Burma. She wasn't sure how much to believe until she started researching her new book, Dadland.
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