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Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to oversee US spy agencies, grilled about Snowden, Syria and Russia

Jan. 30, 2025 14:16 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, faced sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike Thursday during a fiery confirmation hearing focused on her past comments sympathetic to Russia, a meeting with Syria's now-deposed...

Trump should rethink revoking former officials' security details, Tom Cotton says

Jan. 26, 2025 14:32 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump should rethink his decision to remove security details from three former senior national security officials, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday. That protection is not just for them, but also the public,...

The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding

Jan. 26, 2025 11:54 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion. ...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Jan. 24, 2025 19:20 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — President Donald Trump's “border czar,” Tom Homan; Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif. ___ CNN's...

Trump's executive order gives TikTok a reprieve. What happens next?

Jan. 21, 2025 20:23 PM EST

President Donald Trump has directed his Justice Department to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban until early April, but a host of questions remain - including whether Trump has the authority to issue such an order and if TikTok’s China-based parent would be amenable to selling the popular social...

Trump issues an executive order to suspend the US TikTok ban. But can it stick?

Jan. 20, 2025 21:17 PM EST

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist. TikTok’s China-based parent ByteDance was supposed to find a U.S. buyer or be banned on Jan....

From backing a ban to being hailed as a savior: Inside Trump's TikTok shift

Jan. 19, 2025 22:22 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed a threat to U.S. national security. But on the eve of his return to the White House, the president-elect is being hailed as the app's savior. ...

TikTok restores service for US users based on Trump's promised executive order

Jan. 19, 2025 19:56 PM EST

TikTok restored service to users in the United States on Sunday just hours after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a federal ban, which President-elect Donald Trump said he would try to pause by executive order on his first day in office. Trump said he...

TikTok says it will 'go dark' unless it gets clarity from Biden following Supreme Court ruling

Jan. 18, 2025 16:48 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok said it will have to “go dark” this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won’t enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it’s sold by its...

What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google's app store on Sunday?

Jan. 17, 2025 22:17 PM EST

With President-elect Donald Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple that are expected to take the popular video sharing app off their platforms in just two days. Though the Supreme Court on...