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U.S. lawmakers push for ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to give China’s ByteDance about six months to divest popular short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban, seeking to tackle national…

Chinese firm behind ‘news’ websites pushes pro-Beijing content globally, researchers find

More than 100 websites disguised as local news outlets in Europe, Asia and Latin America are pushing pro-China content in a widespread influence campaign linked…

Trump campaign chief urges Republican megadonors to ignore Trump’s words, focus on primary lead, sources say

A top advisor to Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign has a message for some of the wealthiest Republican donors in…

Billionaire Reid Hoffman pauses Nikki Haley funding after her New Hampshire loss to Trump, source says

Billionaire Reid Hoffman does not plan to give any more money to Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign after her loss in…

‘Good one, Donald’: Biden flaunts stock market record highs, mocks Trump for predicting ‘collapse’

President Joe Biden paraded this week’s stock market record highs Friday in a new campaign video that trolled his predecessor,…

Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX allies secretly poured $50 million into ‘dark money’ groups, evidence shows

Former crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and his allies donated $50 million during the 2022 election cycle toward politically active groups…

Biden tops Trump in 2024 campaign fundraising for third quarter, but ex-president’s war chest dwarfs GOP rivals

President Joe Biden’s reelection effort raised tens of millions of dollars more than the campaign of his chief Republican rival,…

2024 election ad spending expected to top $10 billion, smashing Biden-Trump 2020 record

The 2024 election cycle is expected to be the most expensive of all time for political ad spending, totaling $10.2…

Vice President Harris will face doubts and dysfunction at the Southeast Asian nations summit

Vice President Kamala Harris will deepen her outreach to Southeast Asia this week at an international summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, where she’ll…

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy offers 10% commission to his grassroots fundraisers

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is adding a novel incentive to his grassroots fundraising operation: paying supporters back a chunk…