After Iran's strikes on Israel, Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure to pass a foreign aid deal to support the embattled country. Senators passed a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes money for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific in February. The deal also includes billions for Ukraine, which many in the GOP don't support. Johnson is also facing the threat of removal from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene if he moves forward with the Senate's bill
The White House will restart sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas industry that were put on hold six months ago to encourage President Nicolas Maduro to support free and fair elections in his country.
How a semantic twist gave a major bank a loophole to keep financing fracking.
A TikTok ban could take years due to potential legal challenges, but creators worry about how they'll make a living if it goes away.
The United States Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban.
In a significant development this afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that mandates TikTok-owner ByteDance to divest the popular social media app or risk its prohibition in the United States. Efforts to address TikTok’s presence in the U.S. date back to the Trump Administration, with renewed attention on the issue in recent […]
Amidst the uncertain future of U.S. climate reporting rules, other
China on Wednesday said it "firmly opposes" the U.S. investigation into its maritime, logistics and shipbuilding industries.
The law would prevent people born in 2009 and later from ever buying a cigarette — and has stoked a rebellion in Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party.
The legislation, which gives ByteDance nine months to sell TikTok and a possible three-month extension if a sale is in progress—now goes to President Biden for signature.
On Saturday, the House approved a bill requiring TikTok to be sold by its Chinese parent or face a ban in the U.S.
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