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American lawmakers have tried for years to ban TikTok, concerned that the video app’s links to China pose a national security risk. Sapna Maheshwari, a technology reporter for The Times, explains the behind-the-scenes push to rein in TikTok and discusses what a ban could mean for the app’s 170 million users in the United States. Guest: Sapna Maheshwari [https://www.nytimes.com/by/sapna-maheshwari], who covers TikTok, technology and emerging media companies for The New York Times. Background reading:  * A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/technology/tiktok-ban-congress.html] about a year ago, aiming to bulletproof a bill that could ban TikTok. * The TikTok law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/technology/bytedance-tiktok-ban-bill.html]. * Love, hate or fear it, TikTok has changed America [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/18/business/media/tiktok-ban-american-culture.html]. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily [http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily]. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

In a special series leading up to Election Day, “The Daily” will explore what a second Trump presidency would look like, and what it could mean for American democracy. In the first part, we will look at Tump’s plan for a second term. On the campaign trail, Trump has outlined a vision that is far more radical, vindictive and unchecked than his first one. Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, political correspondents for The Times, and Charlie Savage, who covers national security, have found that behind Trump’s rhetoric is a highly coordinated plan, to make his vision a reality. Guest: * Jonathan Swan [https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonathan-swan], who covers politics and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for The New York Times. * Maggie Haberman [https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman], a senior political correspondent for The New York Times. * Charlie Savage [https://www.nytimes.com/by/charlie-savage], who covers national security and legal policy for The New York Times. Background reading:  * Why a second Trump presidency may be more radical than his first [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/us/politics/trump-2025-overview.html]. * No major American presidential candidate has talked like Trump now does at his rallies [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/magazine/trump-rallies-rhetoric.html] — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily [http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily]. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

Frustrated at the growing protest movement, the opposition leader defends his country’s “existential” war. For more on the show, please visit nytimes.com/theinterview.

On the debut of ’The Interview,' the actress talks to David Marchese about learning to let go of other people’s opinions. For more on the show, please visit nytimes.com/theinterview.

When the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sex crimes four years ago, it was celebrated as a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement. Yesterday, New York’s highest court of appeals overturned that conviction. Jodi Kantor, one of the reporters who broke the story of the abuse allegations against Mr. Weinstein in 2017, explains what this ruling means for him and for #MeToo. Guest: Jodi Kantor [https://www.nytimes.com/by/jodi-kantor], an investigative reporter for The New York Times. Background reading:  * The verdict against Harvey Weinstein was overturned [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-conviction-appeal.html] by the New York Court of Appeals. * Here’s why the conviction was fragile from the start [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-ny-conviction-metoo.html]. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily [http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily]. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.