A TikTok star has given a homeless woman on Skid Row in Los Angeles, California, the opportunity to reclaim her life, documenting their interactions in a series of viral videos on TikTok. Isaiah Garza–a jewelry designer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur from downtown Los Angeles with over 4 million followers–started visiting Robin Clayton on Skid Row in August 2020, […]

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The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) on Friday blocked the controversial Chinese video streaming app TikTok because it allegedly failed to filter “immoral and indecent” content — Prime Minister Imran Khan was reportedly involved in the decision. According to the PTA, “a number of complaints from different segments of society” were made about “immoral and indecent” content […]

President Trump has approved a deal that would create a partnership between the Chinese app TikTok and Oracle and Walmart to manage TikTok’s operation in America. TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, will own a majority share of the company and maintain ownership of TikTok’s all-important algorithms. CNBC reports that President Trump recently approved a deal in […]

A recent report by Reuters claims that the U.S. Commerce Department plans to block downloads of the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat in the United States by Sunday, September 20. This claim, made by three sources, could indicate the Trump White House is not satisfied by the Oracle deal to be a “trusted” partner for […]

It always happens the same way: Lizzie Velasquez comes across a hateful video or photo of herself late at night, and once she sees it, she is unable to go to bed. The cruel comments make her angry. A light turns on inside of her, she says, and she’ll stay up until she says something. One of […]

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo warned lawmakers that the threat from the Chinese Communist Party is “inside the gates” during a meeting with House Republican lawmakers on Friday. Pompeo told members of the conservative Republican Study Committee that as a former lawmaker, he is aware of the threat posed by China but that he did […]

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President Trump now says he supports a 1.8 trillion dollar relief package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had a phone call today but failed to reach a deal. An update on the housing market. The number of people in mortgage forbearance is falling but the number of people behind on high-risk […]

President Donald Trump on Saturday confirmed that he had given his “blessing” to the deal forming between Oracle and Wal-Mart with TikTok to secure the app partially owned by China in the United States. “I have given the deal my blessing,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a rally in North […]

Police in New Jersey filed charges against a mob of teenagers and a 10-year-old child after they allegedly forced an autistic child to expose himself and then posted the video on social media. The horrific incident allegedly took place at Berdan Grove Park in Fair Lawn, according to ABC7. The Fair Lawn Board of Education […]

Daily Caller White House correspondent Christian Datoc sits down with Wall Street guru and CEO of Farvahar Partners Omeed Malik for a new episode of “WALL STREET MEETS WASHINGTON.” It’s the only show that breaks down the Beltway’s economic updates for both financial VIPs and everyday Americans looking for market tips. We’re kicking things off […]

A hospital employee appeared to boast that she changes patient records when their ethnicity is Israeli, in a video posted to the popular video creation application, TikTok. Mona Abu Amrah posted the video, titled “Israel who? Free Palestine”, where she said she changes the aforementioned patients’ ethnicities to “unidentified.” Abu Amrah is reportedly an employee […]

A woman walks past the headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of video sharing app TikTok, in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2020. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images) A federal district judge has ruled to temporarily grant China-based TikTok owner ByteDance a preliminary injunction, which will allow the app to remain available for download from U.S. […]

The U.S. is set to ban TikTok and WeChat this Sunday. And if other Chinese-based apps raise the same national security concerns, they will face the same fate. U.S. sanctions not only hit Huawei’s mobile phone production hard, but are likely affecting Chinese passenger plane manufacturers, due to a lack of key components. A Chinese […]

  The Trump administration’s push to ban the Chinese owned video creation application TikTok has been a major problem for the Chinese Communist Party, which is accused of using the app for nefarious purposes to spy on its users. The app has already been banned by the Pentagon for its potential to collect troves of […]

Cornell University students are petitioning to punish a classmate for allegedly breaking school coronavirus protocols, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Nearly 3,000 students have called for Cornell to rescind well-known TikTok user Jessica Zhang’s acceptance saying she broke the university’s COVID policies  (Related: Baylor Says Students Who Don’t Follow COVID-19 Rules Could Face Expulsion, Other […]

Updates on the election — Attorney Sidney Powell files two lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan, and we detail unusually high voter turnout in one city in Wisconsin. The Fed seems more pessimistic about the economic outlook — yet stock markets are hitting all-time-highs. What’s going on? We ask an expert. A family-owned restaurant in the Midwest […]

In the United States, following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, democrats are threatening that if the Trump administration fills her vacant seat ahead of the November elections, they will expand the Supreme Court and pack it with their own judges. Democrat Senator Ed Markey from Massachusetts wrote in a statement that […]

<!–   –> <!– –> Sep 18, 2020 Reuters is reporting that the U.S. Department of Commerce will issue an order Friday to bar U.S. customers from downloading Chinese owned applications TikTok and WeChat. The order will take effect Sunday, sources told Reuters. The Trump administration has raised concerns over China’s use of the apps, […]

WASHINGTON—TikTok, a video-sharing mobile application, reportedly accepted a bid from Oracle for its U.S. business, beating the other contender Microsoft. President Donald Trump earlier set a mid-September deadline for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell its American operations. Microsoft Corp. on Sept. 13 confirmed in a statement that its bid was rejected. “ByteDance let us […]

HONG KONG—TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid U.S. pressure for the company to find a new owner independent of China’s Communist Party over what the White House says was security risks to American’s data. In a letter to employees, Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after the “political environment has sharply changed.” […]