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President Donald Trump has tapped Vice President J.D. Vance to broker a potential sale of TikTok to a U.S.-based entity before the most recent ban extension elapses in April, according to two people familiar with the arrangement. In the latest chapter of the TikTok saga — which began in 2020 with Trump and culminated in the app going dark for a few hours last month — the president selected Vance, along with National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, to oversee a congressionally mandated potential deal between Chinese-based owner ByteDance and an American entity.The White House negotiators will have their work cut out for themselves. It remains to be seen what type of arrangement, if any, ByteDance and China will agree to. Trump recently floated the idea of 50/50 American and Chinese joint ownership, but the situation remains fluid. It’s also uncertain whether such a split would satisfy the ongoing U.S. national security concerns that spurred the ban in the first place.In the meantime, a number of U.S.-based suitors are vying for the popular social media app. TikTok, which has always maintained that it does not share its U.S.-based users’ data with the Chinese government, was initially set to be banned in Jan. 19 following the passage of a bipartisan law signed by then-President Joe Biden. TikTok challenged that measure, but the Supreme Court upheld it in the final days of the Biden administration.On Jan. 18, the app briefly went dark in the U.S., only to return roughly 12 hours later after Trump signaled he would review the ban and wouldn’t penalize the app or the stores carrying it. On Jan. 19, the day before Trump’s inauguration, TikTok sent out a push notification crediting him for its resurrection.The president signed an executive order on his first day in office “instructing the Attorney General not to take any action to enforce the Act for a period of 75 days from today to allow my Administration an opportunity to determine the appropriate course forward in an orderly way that protects national security while avoiding an abrupt shutdown of a communications platform used by millions of Americans.”The move came after a number of TikTok users had downloaded a similar Chinese app called RedNote in protest of the ban, raising further security and censorship concerns in the U.S. Now that Trump has slapped China with an additional 10% tariff on top of those already in place, ByteDance may be less eager to negotiate with the U.S. government. newsJan 26Perplexity AI revises Tiktok merger proposal that could give the U.S. government a 50% stakeTikTokJan 24Trump is searching for potential TikTok buyers — who are the likely contenders?TikTokJan 26After TikTok, the WiFi router in your home may be next Chinese tech ban targetRep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), ranking member of the Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, told NBC News that ByteDance may be more open to selling now that it has exhausted all its options to maintain control of the app. “There’s only so much they can try to do to change the law, it all failed. And so now they have to fight with the law,” Krishnamoorthi said. Krishnamoorthi said prospective American buyers, from the YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, who’s widely known as MrBeast, to the billionaire Frank McCourt, have been “lining up” to buy TikTok.Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said it was important that TikTok remain accessible to American users but wanted the app divested from ByteDance. “I’m a father. I’ve heard from my kids, my teenage kids, about this a lot. I understand that it’s important to a lot of folks. They use it for businesses. I get that, but I also am a member who focuses a lot on national security,” he said.Crow, who backed the legislation that mandated divestment, said “we structured it that way because we don’t want to end the platform.”During TikTok’s 75-day reprieve, users who kept it on their phones have been able to access the app, upload content and use it as they did before, but Google and Apple are not currently offering TikTok in their respective app stores. A Trump administration official said the Department of Justice as well as Trump’s executive order have made it clear that Google and Apple won’t face penalties should they offer TikTok for download, adding that the White House won’t tell private companies what they can and can’t offer. “No action to enforce the Act or impose any penalties against any entity for any noncompliance with the Act, including for distributing, maintaining, or updating (or enabling the distribution, maintenance, or updating) of any foreign adversary controlled application as defined in the Act,” the executive order reads. This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com. Read more from NBC News:OpenAI considering 16 states for data center campuses as part of Trump’s Stargate projectTrump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systemsTrump wants your attention — and the world’s richest men can help him

President Donald Trump has tapped Vice President J.D. Vance to broker a potential sale of TikTok to a U.S.-based entity before the most recent ban extension elapses in April, according to two people familiar with the arrangement. In the latest chapter of the TikTok saga — which began in 2020 with Trump and culminated in the app going dark for a few hours last month — the president selected Vance, along with National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, to oversee a congressionally mandated potential deal between Chinese-based owner ByteDance and an American entity.The White House negotiators will have their work cut out for themselves. It remains to be seen what type of arrangement, if any, ByteDance and China will agree to. Trump recently floated the idea of 50/50 American and Chinese joint ownership, but the situation remains fluid. It’s also uncertain whether such a split would satisfy the ongoing U.S. national security concerns that spurred the ban in the first place.In the meantime, a number of U.S.-based suitors are vying for the popular social media app. TikTok, which has always maintained that it does not share its U.S.-based users’ data with the Chinese government, was initially set to be banned in Jan. 19 following the passage of a bipartisan law signed by then-President Joe Biden. TikTok challenged that measure, but the Supreme Court upheld it in the final days of the Biden administration.On Jan. 18, the app briefly went dark in the U.S., only to return roughly 12 hours later after Trump signaled he would review the ban and wouldn’t penalize the app or the stores carrying it. On Jan. 19, the day before Trump’s inauguration, TikTok sent out a push notification crediting him for its resurrection.The president signed an executive order on his first day in office “instructing the Attorney General not to take any action to enforce the Act for a period of 75 days from today to allow my Administration an opportunity to determine the appropriate course forward in an orderly way that protects national security while avoiding an abrupt shutdown of a communications platform used by millions of Americans.”The move came after a number of TikTok users had downloaded a similar Chinese app called RedNote in protest of the ban, raising further security and censorship concerns in the U.S. Now that Trump has slapped China with an additional 10% tariff on top of those already in place, ByteDance may be less eager to negotiate with the U.S. government. newsJan 26Perplexity AI revises Tiktok merger proposal that could give the U.S. government a 50% stakeTikTokJan 24Trump is searching for potential TikTok buyers — who are the likely contenders?TikTokJan 26After TikTok, the WiFi router in your home may be next Chinese tech ban targetRep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), ranking member of the Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, told NBC News that ByteDance may be more open to selling now that it has exhausted all its options to maintain control of the app. “There’s only so much they can try to do to change the law, it all failed. And so now they have to fight with the law,” Krishnamoorthi said. Krishnamoorthi said prospective American buyers, from the YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, who’s widely known as MrBeast, to the billionaire Frank McCourt, have been “lining up” to buy TikTok.Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said it was important that TikTok remain accessible to American users but wanted the app divested from ByteDance. “I’m a father. I’ve heard from my kids, my teenage kids, about this a lot. I understand that it’s important to a lot of folks. They use it for businesses. I get that, but I also am a member who focuses a lot on national security,” he said.Crow, who backed the legislation that mandated divestment, said “we structured it that way because we don’t want to end the platform.”During TikTok’s 75-day reprieve, users who kept it on their phones have been able to access the app, upload content and use it as they did before, but Google and Apple are not currently offering TikTok in their respective app stores. A Trump administration official said the Department of Justice as well as Trump’s executive order have made it clear that Google and Apple won’t face penalties should they offer TikTok for download, adding that the White House won’t tell private companies what they can and can’t offer. “No action to enforce the Act or impose any penalties against any entity for any noncompliance with the Act, including for distributing, maintaining, or updating (or enabling the distribution, maintenance, or updating) of any foreign adversary controlled application as defined in the Act,” the executive order reads. This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com. Read more from NBC News:OpenAI considering 16 states for data center campuses as part of Trump’s Stargate projectTrump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systemsTrump wants your attention — and the world’s richest men can help him

The meeting took place amid U.S. scrutiny of Chinese artificial intelligence growth.

WASHINGTON — Zach Nunn’s military background tells him that success in any given mission requires an understanding of the battle-space — and in the fight to ban congressional stock trading, it will always “be stacked against” those urging change, the Iowa Republican and Air Force Reserve colonel said.

Some members of Congress are looking to Donald Trump to boost their hopes for a congressional stock trading ban.

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Some Republicans in New Jersey are working on new legislation to defend against drones despite repeated assurances from senior U.S. officials.

A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok as soon as next month.The post Federal appeals court upholds law requiring TikTok sale or ban first appeared on The Journal Record.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is expected to enter the race for ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, four House Democrats with knowledge of her plans told Axios.Why it matters: The 35-year-old lawmaker would easily be House Democrats' youngest committee leader at a time when some of their oldest are facing insurgent challenges."It's going to happen soon," said one of the House Democrats.A senior House Democrat said "she has talked to" colleagues saying she is running.Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff Mike Casca told Axios: "When there's an announcement to make, she'll make it."State of play: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is already running for the role, with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) also expressing interest in a run as well.Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) told Axios on Wednesday he is "very happy" as the ranking member on the Oversight select subcommittee on China.The seat is being vacated by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) who is running unopposed to replace House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) after Nadler withdrew his bid for reelection.What she's saying: Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday she is "interested" in the role and has had "a lot of outreach from colleagues" about a run.She told reporters on Wednesday morning that she has "spoken with many members of our caucus, including several members of leadership" about the race.Ocasio-Cortez also laid out her vision for the panel, saying she wants to use it as a "communicative platform for public education" and a vehicle for "real legislative work and investigatory work."Editor's note: This article has been updated with comment from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more context.

With votes still being counted in the 2024 election, at least two dozen ambitious House members are already sizing up runs for higher office in 2026, Axios has learned.Why it matters: This extraordinarily large cohort could cause all kinds of headaches for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as they navigate a razor-thin House majority.Both sides are trying to maximize attendance and minimize early retirements in one of the most closely divided Houses in history.Driving the news: The scale of House members eyeing bids for higher office in 2026 is far greater than is publicly known, according to lawmakers and aides who spoke to Axios.Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) told Axios that "folks have talked about" him running for governor and that he is "not actively seeking it nor ruling it out."Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) is being encouraged to run for governor and considering it, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) is weighing running for Senate if Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) retires, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) may run for Vice President-elect Vance's Senate seat if outgoing Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) doesn't, sources told Axios.Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is also considering a run for governor, according to sources familiar with her thinking.Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) is seen as a potential candidate for governor, Axios previously reported.Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), who has floated a run for governor, is also considering vying to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), according to sources familiar with the matter.Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) is a potential candidate for statewide office in Colorado, several senior House Democrats told Axios.Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) is being encouraged to run for governor, a source familiar with the matter told Axios, though he hasn't publicly indicated any plans to do so.Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told Axios he is "considering both" challenging Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) or a run for governor.Zoom in: Those names are on top of a slew of House members already publicly running or considering bids for other offices.Considering a run for governor: Reps. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), John Rose (R-Tenn.) and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.).Considering a run for Senate: Reps. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) Clay Higgins (R-La.), Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.).Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) are both running in the 2025 New Jersey governor election.Several House members, including Reps. Mike Carey (R-Ohio) and Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), are also vying for Vance's Senate seat.Zoom out: House members have been fleeing the lower chamber at a historic clip in recent years, with many saying the body is dysfunctional and toxic.Congressional leaders will also have to deal with cash-strapped members looking to potentially jump ship early for a private-sector payout.Between the lines: Some members just want to keep their names in the mix or boost their name ID. Others will have to undergo a genuine deliberation process.Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), seen as a potential candidate for governor or Senate in 2026, "will have political options" but is spending most of his time on "how Republicans can be successful in the 119th" Congress, a source close to him told Axios.Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), floated as a potential Senate candidate, is focused "on the upcoming Congress and hasn't made any decisions about 2026 yet, but is committed to working to ensure Democrats win back control of the Senate and the House," a spokesperson said.

Congress returned to Washington this week with just five weeks left in this year’s legislative calendar. With a Continuing Resolution (CR) that expires December 20, 2024, either a year-end spending package or a new Continuing Resolution will need to be passed to continue funding the government. There are several health policies that may be included in this package, including policies expiring at the end of the year. Must-pass items, such as extensions for Medicare COVID-era telehealth flexibilities and policy changes that enjoy broad bipartisan, bicameral support, such as Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Reform and BIOSECURE, are on the docket for consideration. Must-PassTelehealth Extension: Medicare FlexibilitiesThe IssueMedicare telehealth flexibilities put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire at the end of this year following a two-year extension in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. Prior to the pandemic, telehealth coverage was only available with... Read the complete article here...© 2024 Foley & Lardner LLP

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