A Democratic candidate for governor of California will be giving TikTok a go, but with a caveat: He’ll only post videos in Spanish. At least for now. Former Biden administration Health Secretary Xavier Becerra is embracing the popular short-video app to target Spanish-language users. His campaign and surveys note that Hispanic adults use TikTok in…
Nvidia (NVDA, Financials) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD, Financials) will give the U.S. government 15% of revenue from certain AI chip sales to China in return for export licenses, the White House said Tuesday. The agreements cover Nvidia’s China-specific H20 chip and AMD’s equivalent processors, designed to meet U.S. export limits. President Donald Trump negotiated…
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order implementing another 90-day pause on additional tariffs on China that were set to take effect on Tuesday, reports said. The move again pushes off a deadline for imposing the harshest taxes on Chinese imports as the two sides continue negotiations on a deal. Reports from CNBC, The…
The White House is defending a decision by the U.S. Secret Service to have the Army Corps of Engineers raise the water level of a river in Ohio so Vice President JD Vance could kayak with his family for his 41st birthday. The Associated Press reports that on August 1, the Corps temporarily increased outflows…
The White House took a step forward with President Trump’s plan to remake the trade landscape by releasing new details Thursday evening that included a raft of new tariff rates, now formally authorized by executive order, which set levels from 10% to 40% on nearly every global trading partner. The move represents a giant shakeup…
(Reuters) -The U.S. has paused curbs on tech exports to China to avoid disrupting trade talks with Beijing and support President Donald Trump‘s efforts to secure a meeting with President Xi Jinping this year, the Financial Times said on Monday. The industry and security bureau of the Commerce Department, which oversees export controls, has been…