Some GOP lawmakers are grumbling over President Trump’s “Kitchen Cabinet” of billionaire allies such as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who
The situation previews a series of looming clashes between Trump’s personal interests and lawmakers’ professed principles.
Rep. Glenn Grothman was among the lawmakers who voted in favor of a bill requiring TikTok to divest its Chinese ownership.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) emerged as a key figure Sunday to stand up to President-elect Donald Trump on the latter’s vow to “save” TikTok from being banned in the US after its Chinese-owned parent company declined to divest from the video-sharing app in time to comply with US law.
GOP Senators are taking a hard line against TikTok and defying President Trump who wants to delay the app from getting banned with Sens. Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham leading the charge
Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to issue an executive order extending ByteDance’s chance to sell TikTok before a national ban, multiple Republican lawmakers seemed to relish in the app’s shutdown.
Millions of TikTok users may end up with a blank screen when they try to open the app tomorrow as the Chinese owners of the social media giant refuse to sell the company before the deadline. Former Virginia Rep.
Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith said her video "has been greatly mischaracterized,” but that she removed it so as not to "give offense."
One of TikTok's top investors is billionaire Jeff Yass, Pennsylvania's richest man and a GOP megadonor. There is no indication yet whether Yass will attend Trump's inauguration.
Murkowski issued a statement on X earlier Wednesday similarly denouncing the pardons, calling the Capitol Police officers the “backbone of Congress.” She was one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial over the riot.
Donald Trump has long complained that Democrats are better at sticking together than Republicans are. He’s already revisited this gripe. In meetings with Republican leaders from the House and Senate and with the House Freedom Caucus,