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
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 […]
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.
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Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. U.S. president Joe Biden has told Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy the U.S. will send badly needed air defense weaponry once the Senate approves a massive national security aid package that includes $60-billion for Ukraine. The wait for more funding from the U.S. has dragged on for months, all while Russia continues to press ahead in […]
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
The 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, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers that’s expected to face legal challenges and disrupt the lives of content creators who rely on the short-form video app for income.