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GOP lawmakers renew pressure on Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools over teacher TikTok video

Republican lawmakers are pressuring Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) over viral TikTok videos from teacher McAlister Huynh, known as "The Neurodivergent Teacher." The videos, highlighted by "Libs of TikTok," show Huynh promoting political activism and personal ideologies in captions like "Teaching is Political" and advocating for social justice causes.

David N. Bass
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TikTok asks top NC court to take up state’s lawsuit

TikTok is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's recent decision allowing a state lawsuit to proceed against the social media giant. TikTok and corporate parent ByteDance filed a notice of appeal Friday with North Carolina’s highest court.

CJ Staff
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Poll: Most Americans see China’s US land ownership as a major threat

New polling numbers reflect that a growing majority of Americans view China as a significant threat to national security, and a rising number of Americans support aggressive policy responses, from banning TikTok to blocking Chinese land ownership.

Katherine Zehnder