TikTok USA Is Here to Stay

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Jan. 23. TikTok will be operated by a new American entity under the terms of an agreement backed by Washington and Beijing. WSJ’s Stu Woo says the deal ends a yearslong battle over whether to ban the popular app and will now see it owned by investors friendly with the U.S. Plus, natural-gas prices soar as the U.S. braces for an Arctic blast. And why the ‘No Buy January’ trend is sweeping social media. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hear that? It's your big McDonald's hunger calling, because the Big Arch is back, and this time
0:05.3	is here to stay with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and that Big Arch sauce. Hungry? You are now.
0:11.6	Order delivery on the McDonald's app.
0:15.2	Serve from 11am, upcharges and fees apply to delivery orders. Subjects availability, price and
0:19.0	participation may vary.
0:23.8	Natural gas prices soar as the U.S. braces for an Arctic blast.
0:28.8	Plus, TikTok USA is here to stay.
0:32.1	If you're a user of TikTok, you're not going to see a difference.
0:34.5	It's going to be interoperable with the rest of the world, but it won't be banned.
0:38.9	And we'll go behind the no-by-January trend that's sweeping social media.
0:43.8	It's Friday, January 23rd. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News.
0:50.3	The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
0:57.0	A winter storm bearing heavy snow, strong winds, and bitter cold is descending upon the
1:02.4	central U.S. from the Dakotas to the Gulf, with its sights set on the east coast in the coming
1:07.7	days. Acqueweather chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter warned drivers to
1:12.3	take caution as ice accumulates on roads and said the storm was likely to affect a broad
1:17.0	swath of the country from Texas to the Carolinas. There are many communities that are not
1:21.4	typically used to dealing with this magnitude of snow and ice that are going to be having to
1:26.7	contend with that. Plus, we're going to be having to contend with that.
1:28.1	Plus, we're going to be dealing with a freeze-up and extreme cold wave to follow the storm,
1:34.0	which is going to amplify impacts.
1:35.8	Utilities are bracing for the worst, wary of a repeat of a deadly 2021 winter storm in Texas
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