The bill to ban TikTok passed in the House but didn’t make it through

Women are more likely to die from heart disease if they exercise regularly, and that’s OK if you don’t have the right equipment

More than a third of the college students in the US attend community colleges. Many have incomes at or near the poverty line, which means they’re eligible for federally-funded Head Start child care programs. But they may not know that or have a convenient way to access them. The Association of Community College Trustees is working with the National Head Start Association to bring more facilities to campuses across the country that help kids, parents and child care workers.

New research shows that resistance training is good for women. The study said that women who do strength exercises for two to three days a week have a lower risk of dying from heart disease than women who don’t. Even a small amount can make a big difference.

Source: Congress mulls another TikTok ban; An aid ship heads to Gaza as hunger worsens

The Good Morning Before Open Arms: Managing the Impact of the Israeli-Israeli War on Elections and Elections in the U.S.

Trump and other right-wing figures are spreading baseless claims about undocumented immigrants voting by the millions. The memo was distributed by attorney and former Trump adviser, Cleta Mitchell, who implied that the election system was rigged to benefit the immigrants. In the past, theories about non-citizens voting have plagued U.S. politics, but could potentially hold new power with the increase in migrants at the southern U.S. border.

The first aid ship is on its way to Gaza, more than five months into the war between Israel and Hamas. Open Arms — named after the Spanish aid organization that owns and runs it — departed from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Tuesday, pulling a barge loaded with nearly 200 tons of food from the U.S.-based nonprofit World Central Kitchen. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the verge of famine according to the United Nations.

The US House voted this morning to ban TikTok if Bytedance doesn’t uninstall the app completely. In six months, TikTok must untangle itself from its China-based owner.

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The app has raised many concerns among members of Congress including the risk of workers from the Chinese company being able to access American user data.

The bill could possibly be used to force the sale of other social media platforms, including X, which is owned by Musk, said Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.

But Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove noted that Chinese influence operations are not restricted to TikTok. In November 2023, Meta announced that it had removed a massive Chinese influence operation from its platforms that had targeted the US. Some smaller networks had also targeted users in India and Tibet.

Palermino sees TikTok Shop as a valuable tool for small businesses and says shuttering TikTok would have a negative short-term effect on Dieux. “Losing that would be challenging,” she says. While she’s confident Dieux could pivot to focus on other platforms, she suspects a TikTok ban could seriously impact other independent and up-and-coming brands within the United States in a big way. It will hurt their business.

The bill will help protect the data of American users, but Sigourney Norman doesn’t believe it.