A bill that could ban TikTok is now all but certain to become law. The Senate approved a measure that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban, in a vote of 79 - 18. The “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” will next head to President Joe Biden, who has said he would sign the bill into law. While it’s far from the first effort to force a ban or divestment of the social media app, the bill managed to draw far more support than previous attempts. The...
The Senate approved a measure that will require ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban, in a vote of 79 to 18. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act next goes to President Biden. The president has already said he’ll sign the bill into law. (Yes, as predicted, I'm writing about this again.) TikTok has faced the ire of US politicians for a few years now, but this bill has picked up support across both political parties. It sailed through the House of...
What, they didn’t like ‘Who TF Did I Marry?’
How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.
How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.
As reported by Douglas County Circuit Court.
The Senate passed a bill giving the social media platform's Chinese parent
The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities has announced plans to expand and retool its district heating system. The announcement follows a 15-month engineering study by Ramboll Engineering that was funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The study provides the BPU with suggested alternative fuel sources for the thermal heating […]
In a 79-18 vote, the U.S. Senate voted to pass a package that included Ukraine aid, Israel aid, and other items even as the America's ever-expanding national debt is over $34 trillion. Two Democrats, independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, and 15 Republicans voted against passage, according to the Washington Post.The package now heads to President Joe Biden, who plans to sign it. — (@) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer described the package as "one of the...
The bill gives Bytedance nine months to force a sale with a 90-day extension, which is effectively a year to complete the deal. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
By tying a potential TikTok ban to a bipartisan foreign aid deal, the bill
After hours of stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced a deal Friday evening to vote on a package of amendments to a House-passed bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program, putting it on a trajectory to pass before a midnight deadline. The expanded surveillance powers authorized by