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 […]
On Saturday, the House approved a bill requiring TikTok to be sold by its Chinese parent or face a ban in the U.S.
The Senate voted late Tuesday by a wide margin to send legislation to President Joe Biden that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. operations within about nine months or face a ban.
A major foreign aid package is about to get a vote in the Senate. The legislation passed in the House over the weekend and would send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
The GOP-led House passed a bill over the weekend that requires ByteDance, the Beijing-based tech company, to sell its stake in the US-based business.
The House of Representatives, led by a Republican majority, passed legislation on Saturday that will ban the popular social media app TikTok in the United States if its Chinese owner does not sell its stake in the next year. [Read More]
On their third attempt in three weeks, Arizona state House lawmakers voted Wednesday to pass a bill that would repeal the near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the battleground state’s Supreme Court earlier this month. After a dizzying course of votes throughout the afternoon, three state House Republicans joined Democrats in approving a repeal of the Civil War-era law that made abortion a felony punishable by two to five years in prison for anyone who performs one or helps a...
Arizona representatives voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions after a few Republicans joined Democrats in passing the bill.
Platform’s future in US in doubt after House approves bill ordering Bytedance to sell stakeTikTok has said it will fight any ban or forced sale of the app’s US operation in the courts, after the House of Representatives passed legislation targeting the viral video platform.The company’s future in the US was placed in further doubt over the weekend after lawmakers in Washington passed a bill that will ban the app if TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its stake in the American...
The third time's the charm: After two previous failed attempts, the Arizona House finally passed a bill Wednesday to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864 that the state Supreme Court revived this month. The bill narrowly passed the House on its third try, with three Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues to vote for repeal. Arizona Democrats have been pushing for legislation to repeal the Civil War-era ban since the state Supreme Court ruled April 9 that it was enforceable. The...
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.