‘This bill is a choice. It’s a choice for ByteDance as well as any other social media app controlled by a foreign adversary.’ WASHINGTON—Lawmakers are defending a proposed bill that would effectively force the sale of TikTok to a non-Chinese company as a choice between the United States or China’s ruling communist regime. The Protecting
Rep. Dean Phillips (D., Minn.) on Wednesday ended his longshot challenge to President Joe Biden for the Democratic Party’s nomination. “I ran for Congress in 2018 to resist Donald Trump,” Phillips said on X, “I was trapped in the Capitol in 2021 because of Donald Trump, and I ran for president in 2024 to resist
President Trump is arguing that each of the activities alleged in Mr. Smith’s indictment are protected by presidential immunity. The Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date that it will hear oral argument over former President Donald Trump’s claim that he enjoys immunity from prosecution in his D.C. trial. Announced on March 6,
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia has not—and will not—interfere in U.S. elections, while claiming Russia’s democracy is the “best of the best.” Russia has not—and will not—interfere in U.S. elections, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who insisted that Americans and Russians are basically alike and are “not enemies.” Mr. Peskov made the remarks
Two seafarers were killed in a Houthi missile attack on a Red Sea merchant ship on Wednesday, British and U.S. officials said, the first fatalities reported since the Iran-aligned Yemeni group began strikes against shipping in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes. The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, which set the Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged
Sen. Cotton and others say admin’s efforts ‘undercut our most valuable’ ally Sen. Tom Cotton (Getty Images) The Biden administration is under congressional pressure to explain a series of executive orders targeting Israeli Jews with sanctions and undermining what a group of GOP senators says is the Jewish state’s effort to eradicate Hamas. Nine Republican
Ashleigh Merchant said Fani Willis obtained up to $5 million to prosecute homicides and sexual assault, but used it to investigate the 2020 election instead. For three days during a contentious evidentiary hearing on a motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting a high profile election case, defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant