#How could a TikTok ban be enforced?

#How could a TikTok ban be enforced?

Bipartisan support to ban TikTok in the U.S is mounting, but carrying out the action will likely be trickier than gaining the political power to enact it.  Any action the U.S. takes to try to block TikTok, the video sharing app owned by Chinese-based parent company ByteDance, will still have loopholes for users to access…

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#As US fentanyl deaths jump, GOP casts blame at the border

#As US fentanyl deaths jump, GOP casts blame at the border

Editor’s note: The first part of a 2-part series on the politicization of fentanyl overdoses. The Republican takeover of the House shifted congressional oversight of the border, with GOP lawmakers using their new powers in efforts to link the fentanyl crisis to migration. Fentanyl has increased the stakes in the decades-long drug war, inflaming the…

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#Hunter Biden probes put GOP under some pressure

#Hunter Biden probes put GOP under some pressure

House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said recently that his committee’s investigations into Hunter Biden and his business transactions are just “beginning” as he seeks to create a headache for the White House as President Biden prepares to launch his reelection campaign. Comer and his committee are trying to unveil whether Biden’s son’s business dealings abroad…

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#Khanna won’t run for Senate, endorses Barbara Lee

#Khanna won’t run for Senate, endorses Barbara Lee

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday announced he won’t make a run for Senate next year and instead endorsed Rep. Barbara Lee’s (D-Calif.) campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).  “I have concluded that despite a lot of enthusiasm from Bernie folks, the best place, the most exciting place … for me to serve as a progressive is…

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