Trump dispels rumors he will seek to ban polio vaccine
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday dispelled rumors that his administration would seek to ban the polio vaccine, telling reporters: “That's not going to happen.” There are questions about President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has made a name for himself by challenging the effectiveness of vaccines, […]
TikTok turns to US Supreme Court in last-ditch bid to avert ban
TikTok made a last-ditch effort to continue operating in the United States on Monday, filing a law aimed at forcing China-based parent company ByteDance to sell the short video app by January 19. They asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block the decision. Prohibited. TikTok and ByteDance file emergency request with judge to halt impending […]
Trump says he has a 'warm spot' in his heart for TikTok as app faces ban
President-elect Trump said Monday he has a “warm place” in his heart for TikTok, as the popular social media app faces a possible ban next month. Asked if he would work to prevent the ban from going into effect when he takes office, Trump said he would “look at it” and credited his victory in […]
Lawmakers tell Apple, Google to prepare for TikTok ban
Top lawmakers on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) House of Representatives Select Committee on Friday told Apple and Google to prepare to remove TikTok from their app stores as a possible ban next month looms. Committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) are joined by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google's […]
Federal appeals court blocks push to delay January TikTok ban
A federal appeals court in Washington has rejected a request from social platform TikTok to effectively postpone the app's ban next month. The rejection comes as the company sought an injunction on Monday to block the ban and is preparing to appeal to the Supreme Court. This was done after requesting the D.C. Circuit Court […]
Appeals court rejects TikTok request to temporarily halt pending US ban
On Friday, a federal appeals court rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would have required Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the short video app by January 19. TikTok and ByteDance filed an emergency motion Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking for […]
Montana Supreme Court blocks ban on transgender surgeries, prompting outcry from GOP lawmaker, supporters
A Montana law banning transgender surgeries on minors will remain temporarily blocked following a state Supreme Court ruling that Republican lawmakers called “an egregious example of bipartisanship.” The justices found that the law, which bans puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria, likely violates Montana's constitutional right to privacy, a lower court […]
Prince Andrew ‘confidant’ loses appeal on UK ban over national security | Prince Andrew
A Chinese businessman described as a 'close aide' to the Duke of York has lost his appeal against a decision to ban him from entering the UK on national security grounds. The man, known only as H6, brought the case to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) after then Home Secretary Suela Braverman said he […]
Youngkin to draft sanctuary city ban, making state funding contingent on ICE cooperation
Exclusive: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin plans to introduce a budget that would prevent tax dollars from going to non-ICE-compliant counties and independent cities and ban “sanctuary cities” in the state. The proposal would require local police and corrections officials to fulfill Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention requests for criminally undocumented immigrants and to provide […]
House Pentagon funding bill would ban transgender treatments for minor children of military personnel
The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday passed an annual defense spending bill that includes a major culture war warning: a ban on transgender medical procedures for minor children of U.S. military personnel. A provision in the 1,800-page bill states that “medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that may lead to sterilization may not be […]