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Washington — The 170 million TikTok users in the U.S. could be in for a rude awakening come Sunday if they suddenly find the enormously popular video-sharing app is inaccessible because of a law passed by a bipartisan majority in Congress last year. Lawmakers and U.S. officials have sounded the alarm for years about the…
With the U.S. government’s TikTok ban set to kick in on Sunday, Americans have been flocking to an alternative social media platform, but it’s another Chinese app, and experts say it could present the same, if not even more issues. There’s been a surge in U.S. downloads of the Chinese-owned application Xiaohongshu, or “RedNote” as many…
Washington — The House and Senate will convene Monday to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election. It comes four years after a violent mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol to prevent Congress from affirming President Biden’s win. There appear to be no plans by Democrats to stand in the way of…
Mike Johnson says he expects House speaker vote to go “smoothly” – CBS News Watch CBS News The new Republican-controlled Congress will be sworn in Friday as Mike Johnson hopes an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump can keep him in the speaker’s office. Daniela Diaz, congressional reporter for Politico, and Juliegrace Brufke, senior political reporter…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that spearheaded the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad’s government but is designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and others. Blinken is the first U.S. official to publicly confirm contacts between the…
