2019

Marco Rubio Asks For National Security Review Of TikTok Owner’s Musical.ly Deal

Finance /

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Senator Marco Rubio on Wednesday asked a U.S. national security panel to review TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s acquisition of Musical.ly, arguing TikTok is used by the Chinese government to censor politically sensitive content. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Rubio said Chinese-owned apps “are increasingly being […]

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Late Night Hosts Find The Funny In Latest Donald Trump Impeachment Inquiry Twist

Entertainment /

The House impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump continues to provide late night comedians plenty to play with. Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and James Corden on Tuesday all riffed on the State Department’s blocking of Gordon Sondland (the U.S. ambassador to the European Union) from giving a deposition before a House

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Undeterred by White House Threat, Democrats Push Impeachment Inquiry Ahead

Politics /

Mr. Trump and other top administration officials, as well as his personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, embarked in recent months on a campaign to pressure President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to open investigations that could benefit Mr. Trump politically. A whistle-blower complaint helped bring the scandal more fully into public view and prompted the impeachment

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Trump signs executive orders focused on agency guidance

Finance /

President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders designed to improve transparency when government agencies enforce guidance on how best to comply with a particular law or regulation. The White House framed the executive orders as protecting Americans from government overreach. Federal regulations can take years to enact, but guidance on how to follow a

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Trey Gowdy, Who Led Republicans in Investigating Benghazi, Joins Trump Legal Team

Politics /

WASHINGTON — Trey Gowdy, the former South Carolina congressman who led the committee that investigated the terrorist attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, will join President Trump’s legal team as an outside adviser. The move — which had been widely anticipated — was announced Wednesday night by Mr.

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