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The clock's ticking for TikTok. Only so Brady. Fox News, just three days before the deadline for the app's Chinese parent company to sell it or face a U.S. ban. But even some lawmakers, the TikTok security concerns, say more time is needed. We will continue to work to find a responsible solution to keeping TikTok going.
protect American livelihoods, and protect against Chinese Communist Party surveillance. We must and can do all three. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Supreme Court decision expected soon on TikTok's challenge to the federal law requiring divestment. There's an echo in Washington just hours after President Biden used his farewell address.
to warn about a dangerous oligarchy forming. Independent Senator Bernie Sanders raising the issue at a confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessett, naming billionaires, including Elon Musk, who's now a close Trump advisor. I'm just asking, would so few people have so much wealth and power? Do you think that that is an oligarchic form of society? Senator, I think it depends on the people.
The ability to move up and down the... No, that's not really the answer. I mean, even if you had that mobility, no matter who those individuals might be. Besant highlighting his own concerns about U.S. spending and warning it amounts to a giant middle class tax hike if the expiring 2017 tax cuts aren't renewed.
renewed hope for the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal after the Israeli prime minister accused Hamas of backtracking with a vote in the Israeli government on hold. Once the vote does take place, there will be a 48-hour period that could allow for objections in the Israeli Supreme Court.
Now, diplomatic conversations are continuing at a high level, urging stability in this agreement. Fox's Trey Yinkst in Tel Aviv. Just getting word filmmaker David Lynch has died. The Oscar-nominated director of Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man, co-creator of TV series Twin Peaks. He announced last summer he had emphysema. David Lynch was 78. America is listening to Fox News.
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The president-elect's pick to run the Interior Department says the U.S. is on the brink of an energy crisis. Former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum says the many electrical grids in the United States are about to be unstable, that we're about to face the prospect of skyrocketing energy prices if...
We don't get enough baseload energy. That's the solid dependable kind, not intermittent energy from solar and wind. We know that we have the technology to deliver clean coal. We're doing that in North Dakota. But we have an opportunity to decarbonize, produce clean coal, and with that produce reliable baseload. He said it's a national security issue.
We're going to lose the AI arms race to China. Burgum said he will work to find a balance on protecting lands and using them for things like housing and resource development. Jessica Rosenthal, Fox News. Democratic senators raising climate concerns about continued reliance on fossil fuels. A celebrity feud escalates again as actor and director Justin Baldoni sues his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively and her husband, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds.
Valdoni accusing them of defamation after Lively sued him, accusing him and others on the film of harassment in a campaign to attack her reputation. A flight forced to turn around because of wildlife on the runway. A United Airlines flight struck a coyote on the runway during takeoff in Chicago, prompting the flight to return to O'Hare International Airport for an inspection of the landing gear.
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 bound for Phoenix was carrying 167 passengers and six crew members. Thankfully, no one was injured in the incident on Sunday. The airline arranged for another plane to continue the journey later that afternoon. The FAA is investigating, initially reporting the incident as a bird strike.
Coyotes, a rising threat in urban areas, have been involved in nearly 900 reported strikes between 1990 and 2023. Matt Murphy, Fox News. Stocks turning lower. The Dow is down 105. Alisa Brady, Fox News.