On the eve of the 2025 Los Angeles Anime Expo, TikTok’s Publisher team hosted an evening of conversation and connection at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday that TikTok will have to stop operating in the United States if China does not approve a deal for the sale of the Chinese-owned short video app that is used by some 170 million Americans.

To be clear, the Trump administration's effort to orchestrate a sale of TikTok to American investors is downstream of a congressional mandate. Indeed, the administration arguably acted illegally by not already forcing the still-ByteDance-owned TikTok to shut down.

Charli D'Amelio was only 15 years old when she became the most followed person on TikTok in March 2020. The influencer tells PEOPLE that she struggled to manage her cystic acne during those formative years spent in front of the camera.

Sarah Teng joined TikTok in December 2020 as as a technical product specialist. When she left in 2024, she worked on a global team.

Joe Macken spent 21 years constructing a model of the city, including bridges, brownstones and both the twin towers and One World Trade Center.

The FDA recall was raised to a Class 1 alert because ingesting the spread could cause serious illness or even death.

Wavelength’s popularity is part of a broader board game trend that has propelled the industry, including clever party games like Codenames and nature-inspired games like Wingspan. Those are just the bestsellers — there are a lot of offbeat indie games out there, too.