The decision by House Republicans to include TikTok as part of alarger foreign aid package, a priority for President Joe Biden with broad congressional support for Ukraine and Israel, fast-tracked the ban after an earlier version had stalled in the Senate. A standalone bill with a six-month ...
"House staff are NOT allowed to download the TikTok app on any House mobile devices," said the memo seen byCNBC. "If you have the TikTok app on your House mobile device, you will be contacted to remove it." CNBCnotes that part of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Co...
Should the bill pass, ByteDance would have about five months to divest TikTok, while web-hosting companies and app stores such as those owned by Apple and Google would be forced to stop supporting the app and others tied to ByteDance. “This bill is an outright ban of TikTok, no matter h...
The video clip featured in the viral TikTok comes from a press briefing given the very same day by Obama administration press secretary Jay Carney, whoworked in the White Housefrom 2011 to 2014. In responseto a reporter’s question about the impact of the bill on U.S.- Uganda re...
Bloomberg notes if the bill gets enough votes, it will move to the House floor for debate. RELATED: Will TikTok be banned in the US? Here’s why and why not McCaul told Bloomberg that TikTok gives the Chinese government access to users' phones. FILE-TikTok Logo icon ...
"Current Michigan law bans texting while driving, which narrowly means the act of typing a text message on your cell phone. That means a driver can still stream Netflix, shop on Amazon, record a TikTok or take a Zoom call on-camera while driving and still be compliant with Michigan law,...
The bans are in response of cybercriminals abusing those services to spread ransomware and malware Credit: Bill Koplitz/FEMA The IT department of the U.S. House of Representatives has blocked access to Yahoo Mail and the Google App Engine platform due to malware threats. On A...
Republicans Cut Child Cancer Research From Funding Bill After Musk’s Meddling He is a fierce opponent of reproductive rights Johnson is a hardline opponent of reproductive rights. He has championed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturnRoe v. Wade, and is currently co-sponsoring multiple natio...
The House defense appropriations bill bans funding for gender-affirming medical procedures, and it also removes funding for travel expenses for abortion services. And it makes cuts to the Pentagon's civilian personnel and climate-related programs ...
The majority-Republican Legislature last week overrode Hutchinson's veto of legislation that bans gender confirming treatments for transgender youth. “In my opinion this bill does not check the box that I so desperately wish it could,” said Rep. Tippi McCullough, the top Democrat House an...