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Tens of millions of TikTok users in the U.S. are facing the real prospect of TikTok going dark as of Sunday.

As a fate of the video sharing app hangs in the balance. The company CEO,

Show Chu is planning to attend President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony Monday. NPR's Bobby Allen

reports, Chu, is set to join other high-profile guests, including presidential advisor and tech

CEO, Elon Musk. Show Chu is expected to be at Trump's inaugural address on Monday, along with other tech

executives like Met as Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, and OpenAI Sam Altman.

For Chu, it comes during a fraught moment for TikTok and the 170 million Americans who use

the video app.

Biden signed a law banning the service unless it cuts ties with its China-based owner.

It hasn't, and the Supreme Court is now weighing whether to let the ban begin or intervene to stop it.

Trump has vowed to figure out a way to save TikTok, even though he tried the ban the app in his first term.

In the wake of Trump's victory in November, the tech industry has been repositioning policies ahead of his entering the White House.

Bobby Allen, NPR News.

Some progress and setbacks today in the massive firefighting operation in the Los Angeles area.

NPR's and Aki Metha has an update.

The good news is that the red flag warnings that were in place yesterday have expired.

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