Two Senate Republicans are urging the Biden administration to investigate Temu, an online marketplace owned by a Chinese parent company. Both Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) wrote letters to the Biden administration expressing their concern about Temu and alleged that it has connections to forced labor and intellectual property theft. Cotton’s … Read more
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he received a voicemail in which someone threatened to “find” and “shoot” him over a potential TikTok ban Wednesday. “This is a voicemail my office received last night,” Tillis said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “TikTok’s misinformation campaign is pushing people to call their … Read more
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) clashed on air Thursday over a potential TikTok ban in the United States and the ownership of the company. Paul joined Kilmeade on “Fox & Friends” just after the House passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S., handing the Senate the task … Read more
Senate Republican leadership will take on a much more Western look if some of the most likely contenders to follow Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are successful. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Thune (R-S.D.) and John Barrasso (R-Wy.) are the leading candidates at this early stage, as all three are either currently in or have … Read more
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) pushed back on Tesla founder Elon Musk’s criticism of the recently unveiled bipartisan border deal, saying the tech billionaire should keep his focus on recalled Tesla vehicles instead of the legislation. Lankford doubled down on the proposed bill Monday on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” explaining that Musk’s description of … Read more
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) pushed back on tech billionaire Elon Musk’s criticism of the recently unveiled bipartisan border deal, saying he should keep his focus on recalled Tesla vehicles instead of the legislation. Lankford doubled down on the proposed bill Monday on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” explaining that Musk’s description of the bill … Read more
