Biden admin mulling TikTok ban if Chinese parent company doesn't divest
"If protecting national security is the objective, divestment doesn't solve the problem," a TikTok spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.
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"If protecting national security is the objective, divestment doesn't solve the problem," a TikTok spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.
Anchor Ukee Washington reports.
CIA Director Bill Burns said that U.S. intelligence is confident that Chinese leadership is considering providing lethal aid to Russia in its war against Ukraine.
"We endured," President Zelenksyy told his nation. "And we will do everything to gain victory this year."
The six Chinese entities are said by the U.S. to be linked to Beijing's aerospace programs.
A senior Biden administration official confirmed that the U.S. intelligence community believes the balloon was part of a surveillance program run by the People's Liberation Army.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said President Biden authorized the operation to shoot down the balloon.
The Federal Aviation Administration paused arrivals to and departures from airports in North and South Carolina.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley recommended not shooting it down due to danger from debris, a senior defense official said.
The U.S. military is not ruling out shooting down the suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the Upper Midwest. Another suspected balloon was spotted over Latin America.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a planned high-stakes weekend diplomatic trip to China.
The CDC cited concerns over the COVID-19 surge in China and "the lack of adequate and transparent" data from the country's health authorities.
A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military has passed the House.
Six Raiders are in production. The Air Force plans to build 100 that can deploy either nuclear weapons or conventional bombs, and can be used with or without a human crew.
CBS3 Meteorologist Matt Peterson spoke to the Franklin Institute's Chief Astronomer, Derrick Pitts, about the out-of-this-world predicament.
The 76ers told CBS3 in a statement that there were multiple complaints from fans about Wachs and his wife.
Roughly midway through the second quarter, Wachs says he stood up and yelled "Free Hong Kong." He says he was then ejected from the game.
That tweet sparked major backlash that included a decision by Chinese television not to televise the NBA's preseason games.
America's largest retailer said Thursday it will raise prices on some products as a result of the Trump administration's tariffs on Chinese goods.
The shipment from China was headed to Newark, New Jersey.
The Trump administration imposed new 10% tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods just after midnight ET (noon in Beijing), spanning thousands of products, including food seasonings, baseball gloves, network routers and industrial machinery parts. China retaliated immediately with new taxes of 5% to 10% on $60 billion of US goods such as meat, chemicals, clothes and auto parts.
The hometown Sixers will be headed to China to represent the City of Brotherly Love during the 2018 NBA China Games.
Kudlow, who joined the administration only days ago, said he would support the new tariffs if they were implemented.
On today's show, Rich discussed violent protests in Charlottesville, North Carolina, President Trump's denunciation of the KKK and white supremacy, and Al Gore's new movie, "An Inconvenient Sequel," flopping at the box office.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for restraint during a phone call Saturday with President Donald Trump, following a dramatic exchange of threats between the US President and North Korea.
