The ban was proposed due to national security concerns regarding TikTok’s Chinese ownership. The future of TikTok in the U.S. is uncertain, as parent company ByteDance has 50 days to sell its U.S. assets. Even if a sale occurs, the app may look different to American users due to potential changes in algorithms and terms…
Democrats are fight Trump and his ‘Bond’ villain Re letter “Democrats are like my whiny second-grader,” Feb. 8: Dennis Coyne’s letter regarding DOGE is condescending and clueless. It betrays a complete lack of understanding of the basic framework of constitutional government in the United States. Article 1 of the United States Constitution grants Congress, not the…
Sorry, Debbie — how does it feel? I’m sorry to hear that Debbie Mayfield didn’t qualify to run for the Florida Senate District 19 seat because Ron DeSantis is retaliating against her. How do you think the U.S. Justice Department and FBI employees feel? Similar, maybe? Don’t know if you will have a job in…
On Monday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: President Donald Trump will speak with the leaders of Canada and Mexico Monday after a tense weekend over tariffs. USA TODAY White House Correspondent Bart Jansen takes a look at some of the early Trump policies already breaking norms. Authorities say the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet…
The claim: Image shows State Department message telling TikTok users to delete the app A Jan. 18 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes an image with the State Department seal and what appears to be a message to TikTok users. “TikTok Banned: According to U.S. law, you are prohibited from using TikTok,” reads the…
Two of the state attorneys general suing to block President Donald Trump‘s attempt to end birthright citizenship told USA TODAY they fear the order will erase funding for children’s health care and education. Eighteen Democratic state attorneys general sued together in a Massachusetts federal court Tuesday, led by the state attorneys general for New Jersey, Massachusetts, and California….
On Tuesday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY Chief Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey gives some of the biggest takeaways from President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day. Trump’s new meme coin soars. USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen breaks down Trump’s executive orders surrounding January 6 pardons, and the southern border. Trump Monday also signed an order on TikTok and removed the…
Declaring a national emergency and deploying armed military personnel to the southern border. Mass deportations. Ending birthright citizenship. Reinstate Remain in Mexico. Designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Travel and asylum bans. Donald Trump plans to take sweeping executive actions on the border and immigration after being sworn in as the 47th President of the…
WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order Monday afternoon, hours into his second term, temporarily halting a ban on the popular video app TikTok. The Supreme Court Friday upheld a law by Congress requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest or shutter operations in the U.S. As of Saturday evening,…
TikTok went dark for U.S. users on Saturday night. Several other ByteDance-owned platforms are also unavailable, including Lemon8, CapCut and Marvel Snap. Already downloaded banned apps will remain on devices, but they are likely unusable already. Banned apps are not available for download from the Apple App or Google Play stores. Many are not accessible…