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#house-committee

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined TikTok to post a TikTok about banning TikTok after last week's hearing on TikTok on Capitol Hill.TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Thursday and was taken apart by both Republicans and Democrats over violations of user privacy, sending data to the communist Chinese government, and what was characterized as deliberate harm to American youth by both Democrats and Republicans.

NEW YORK - Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican who broke with his party two years ago after the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, has a book deal.The Open Field, a Penguin Random House imprint overseen by Maria Shriver, announced Tuesday that Kinzinger's "Renegade: My Life in Faith, the Military, and Defending America from Trump's Attack on Democracy" is scheduled for release on Oct. 17.

They urge the House Ethics Committee to investigate the Santos campaign's questionable financial practices.Rep. George Santos is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on January 10, 2023.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rep. George Santos (New York) is facing several government investigations and an increasing number of legal complaints, including the first one filed in Congress on Tuesday.

Representative Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, departs following a House Republicans caucus meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.McCarthy's chances of becoming House speaker remained in doubt hours before Republicans formally take control of the chamber with Republicans holding only a slender majority when the new Congress convenes today.

PoliticsUnited States of America 12/28/2022December 28, 2022 Donald Trump was the first presidential candidate in decades who did not make his tax returns public during either of his campaigns in 2016 and 2020.Former US President Donald Trump's tax returns will be released on Friday, a spokesperson for the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee said on Tuesday.

The odds of the U.S. banning TikTok are higher after the app's CEO testified before a House committee, according to some analysts.During the hearing, American politicians expressed frustration over what they saw as evasive and unconvincing answers about China's influence over TikTok - and the communist regime's ability to track user data - as well as its efforts to curb misinformation and harmful content, particularly in relation to children who use the app.

TikTok chief appears before US House of Representatives committee watch live Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 23m ago TikTok CEO to begin testimony shortly Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) is focused more on the spread of misinformation on TikTok, and the platform's impact on teen mental health.

The incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, Republican Rep. James Comer, has openly bashed the investigation.Committee Ranking Member James Comer speaks during a House Oversight Committee hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 14, 2022, in Washington, D.C.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images A House committee that has spent more than a year investigating the fossil fuel industry's climate disinformation efforts has reportedly decided not to hand the subpoenaed documents it compiled over to the Senate, a reversal that would likely spell the end of the probe as industry-friendly Republicans take over the chamber.

Lawmakers have said they're moving forward with plans for a national ban on TikTok, as users including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez take to the app to protest.White House very in favor' of bill thought to target TikTok The snowballing effort to take action against TikTok comes after company chief Shou Zi Chew appeared before a US House committee for five hours on Thursday, where lawmakers from both parties grilled him about national security and other concerns involving the app.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday lawmakers will move forward with legislation to address national security worries about TikTok, alleging China's government had access to the short video app's user data.In the United States, there are growing calls to ban TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, or to pass bipartisan legislation to give President Joe Biden's administration legal authority to seek a ban.

The CEO of TikTok will make a high-profile appearance Thursday before a U.S. congressional committee, where he'll face a grilling on data security and user safety while he makes his case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn't be banned.Shou Zi Chew's testimony comes at a crucial time for the company, which has acquired 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from U.S. officials.

Shou Zi Chew will testify that app is not an agent of China or any other country' amid national security risk claims.TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will tell United States legislators that the Chinese-owned video app would never share users' data with Beijing amid a growing push in the US to ban the platform outright.

It's unclear as of yet whether the two will attempt to oppose the subpoena orders.Senior Advisors to the President Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump walk on the south lawn of the White House on November 29, 2020, in Washington, D.C.Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner, both of whom served as advisers to the former president during his single term in office, have been subpoenaed by Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith, who is investigating Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is calling on the CIA Inspector General to initiate an immediate investigation into the agency's alleged mishandling of sexual assault and harassment cases, according to a new letter sent to the watchdog's office.The letter from committee chairman Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, and vice chair Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, which has not been previously reported, was sent on Wednesday, Rubio's office confirmed to CNN.

A.J. Perez has a new report on Front Office Sports about Dan Snyder, the Mary Jo White investigation, and the continuing scrutiny he is receiving for the team's toxic workplace and financial improprieties.The House Committee on Oversight and Reform concluded their report last year, but that investigation has led to multiple new investigations, including the NFL's which is being led by Mary Jo White.

Exactly three months ago, I noted how some journalists were sowing false drama over whether DOJ would subpoena Mike Pence, given that he wrote up key details about January 6 in the WSJ (and his book).For months, the press has been squawking about how unprecedented it would be to subpoena the former Vice President.

"The House Committee on Ethics has opened an investigation, and Congressman George Santos is fully cooperating.There will be no further comment made at this time," Santos said in a tweet.Santos has faced a litany of ethical questions after revelations he lied about core components of his educational and professional background.

Former Washington Commanders president Bruce Allen testified to the U.S. House of Representatives that owner Dan Snyder leaked the derogatory emails between Allen and former Raiders head coach Jon Gruden; the same leak that preluded Gruden's resignation.With Snyder the subject of multiple investigations into workplace misconduct, Allen testified that the leak was green-lighted to shield Snyder.

TikTok is China's "Trojan horse," according to Rob Joyce, who heads the cyber security unit of America's National Security Agency.Joyce, speaking at the Silverado Policy Accelerator's conference on Monday, called TikTok "a strategic issue."This, as opposed to the type of tactical, day-to-day cyber threats the US spy agency wards off on the regular from nation-state actors and cyber crime gangs looking to make a buck (coin?) from business email compromise or ransomware infections.

The government of France has banned TikTok, and all other recreational apps, from phones issued to its employees.The nation's Ministère de la transformation et de la fonction publiques last Friday issued a statement [PDF] announcing the policy, which Minister of Transformation and Public Service Stanislas Guerini justified on grounds that no recreational apps have sufficiently robust security for them to be deployed on government-owned devices.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday as bipartisan calls to ban TikTok over Chinese government spying concerns have reached a fever pitch in Washington, D.C.During one particularly feisty exchange, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) called out Chew for claiming he has seen no evidence that the Chinese government can access TikTok's data, collected from American users.

Today is a day that could help decide the fate of TikTok in the United States.TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he will answer questions from Congressional lawmakers.Here's how to watch the session and what to know: Why is Congress holding a hearing about TikTok?

Former US vice president Mike Pence harshly criticised former president Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, widening the rift between the two men as they prepare to battle over the Republican nomination in next year's election.President Trump was wrong," Mr Pence said during remarks at the annual white-tie Gridiron Dinner attended by politicians and journalists.

WASHINGTON As calls for the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code mount, the justices continue to wrestle with whether to adopt a policy similar to one that applies to all other federal judges.The possibility of a code of judicial conduct for Supreme Court justices remains a subject of study and consideration at the court, a person familiar with the matter said.

The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023.Damian Dovarganes (AP) Washington - 22 Mar 2023 - 11:26 UTC TikTok's CEO plans to tell Congress that the video-sharing app is committed to user safety, data protection and security, and keeping the platform free from Chinese government influence.

AUSTIN, Texas Each time you go online, companies are collecting your personal information from your birthday to your address and that information can get sold to just about anyone, including people who want to hurt others.With just two-and-a-half months left in the Texas legislative session, committees are starting to take up priority bills.

Among the thousands of items in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection is the 1980 Nan Goldin photograph titled Heart-Shaped Bruise, NYC.In it, a woman lies splayed across a messy bed wearing pulled-down stockings and a dress that's been hitched up just below her rear, exposing some bared leg imprinted with a bruise shaped like a heart.

The riots that followed Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination in 1968 reverberated for decades in many US cities. "It's the most widespread unrest in America between the Civil War and 2020," says Vann R. Newkirk II, a senior editor at the Atlantic."Strangely, there's not a whole lot of media about that time."

Politics The Democratic representative is leaving Congress for the Rhode Island Foundation.Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline will resign from his seat on June 1 to lead the Rhode Island Foundation, his office announced Tuesday.The 61-year-old 1st District Democrat was selected by the foundation's board of directors to succeed Neil D. Steinberg as president and CEO following a national search, the organization said.

President Joe Biden fired the Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton's on Monday following allegations that he misused government resources and was not physically present on the Capitol grounds during the January 6, 2021, insurrection, a White House official said.Biden terminated Blanton amid bipartisan calls for his firing or resignation, including from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy earlier on Monday, the official said.

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Podcast host Kara Swisher expressed frustration with Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) after he compared TikTok to the drug fentanyl.On the Thursday edition of On with Kara Swisher, Swisher said the comparison was ridiculous.Producer Nayeema Raza said, Representative Mike Gallagher, who's the youngest Republican from Wisconsin, who Kevin McCarthy put in charge of the New House Committee on China back when Kevin McCarthy had some power.

A prospective congressional aide has accused Representative George Santos of ethics violations and sexual harassment, according to a letter the man sent to the House Committee on Ethics and posted to Twitter on Friday.The man, Derek Myers, briefly worked in Mr. Santos's office before his job offer was rescinded earlier this week, according to the letter.

Alexandra Pelosi was having one of those days.She's still raw from the hammer attack on her father by a QAnon crazy."I have not slept through the night since," Pelosi confessed.A recent morning found her whipping up a Betty Crocker birthday cake, readying her New York apartment for an invasion of teenage girls and vacuuming the broken glass from a toppled Christmas tree, all while fending off a sister demanding to know why that was included in the new documentary she produced on their famous mother.

Elon Musk faced a growing backlash on Friday from lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic, with threats of fines and sanctions, after Twitter suspended the accounts of at least eight journalists on Thursday without warning.The suspended accounts included those belonging to Ryan Mac of The New York Times, Donie O'Sullivan of CNN and Drew Harwell of The Washington Post.

Commanders Coach Ron Rivera, shown before the Dec. 4 game against the Giants, gave him team ample time to rest and recover over its bye week.(John McDonnell/The Washington Post)For the second time in three weeks, Washington Commanders Coach Ron Rivera tweaked his team's schedule to give his players more time off.

John Jay Ray III, a lawyer who specializes in restructuring troubled companies, has helped to manage the fallout from some of the largest corporate failures in history, including the implosion of the energy trading firm Enron after an accounting scandal in 2001.Mr. Ray, 63, took over the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX after its chief executive, Sam Bankman-Fried, resigned last month.

The answer as to whether the embattled FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will appear before two congressional committees next week is being played out on Twitter.In an early morning post on Twitter on Friday, Mr. Bankman-Fried said he would appear on Tuesday before the House Committee on Financial Services after days of being evasive on the matter.