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Both Amazon and TikTok declined to comment on the matter.
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The layoffs at the $4.1 billion program were part of a broader purge on Monday of about 10,000 employees from the Health and Human Services Department.
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Trump said that a deal is close on Tiktok, with multiple investors involved.
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