By David Shepardson, Echo Wang and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat. The bans, announced […]
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Trump is angry that Twitter won’t remove a crudely edited ‘Moscow Mitch’ meme poking fun at McConnell
© Provided by Business Insider Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images In a tweet Tuesday, President Donald Trump pressured Twitter to remove a meme poking fun at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The meme, shared by a user with less than 200 followers, depicts McConnell’s face photoshopped onto a Soviet Union […]
Trump moves on China apps may create new internet ‘firewall’
A ban by President Donald Trump’s administration on Chinese mobile apps such as TikTok and WeChat risks fragmenting an already fragile global internet and creating an American version of China’s “Great Firewall.” Fears about the global internet ecosystem intensified this week with Trump’s executive orders banning the popular video app […]
Grifters Are Using Targeted Snapchat Ads To Scam Teenage Trump Supporters
. (Photo: Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost; Photos: Snapchat) An attention-grabbing Snapchat ad features a cartoon version of President Donald Trump dancing through fireworks and a cascade of dollar bills to the tune of “Hail to the Chief.” Bold text against a flashing red, white and blue background promises a “FREE Trump 2020 Bundle” of […]
Microsoft Tries To Salvage Deal To Buy TikTok, Appease Trump
(Bloomberg) — In a bid to salvage a deal for the U.S. operations of TikTok, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella spoke with President Donald Trump by phone about how to secure the administration’s blessing to buy the wildly popular, but besieged, music video app. Microsoft in a blog […]
Trump suggests delaying election; Miami schools defy Gov. DeSantis, go online-only; FDA sets at-home test rules
President Trump suggested delaying the November election Thursday, saying reliance on mail-in voting due to the pandemic would be “inaccurate and fraudulent.” The Commerce Department issued a record-breaking report of the U.S. economy, announcing that the gross domestic product contracted at a staggering seasonally adjusted annual rate of 32.9% in the April-June period. […]
Trump administration drops plan to deport international students in online-only classes
Two of the country’s top universities won a major victory over the Trump administration on Tuesday, after the government agreed to halt its plan to deport international college students who only use online courses to study this fall. The decision marks a stunning retreat for the Trump administration, which left […]
Trump administration drops rule barring foreign students from taking online-only classes
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration agreed Tuesday to rescind its controversial rule barring international students from living in the USA while taking fall classes online, a sharp reversal after the White House faced a slew of lawsuits challenging the policy. A Massachusetts judge announced the decision during a federal […]
States sue Trump administration over college student visa rule
WASHINGTON – Seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump’s administration Monday to block a new rule that would force international college students to leave United States if they’re only enrolled in online classes this fall. Some universities are planning to offer classes entirely online because of […]
Trump threatens to pull tax exemption for schools, colleges
In his push to get schools and colleges to reopen this fall, President Donald Trump is again taking aim at their finances, this time threatening their tax-exempt status. Trump said on Twitter on Friday he was ordering the Treasury Department to re-examine the tax-exempt status of schools that he says […]
Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration over ICE foreign-student rule, deeming it cruel and reckless
At a time when President Donald Trump is pressuring schools to open for in-person instruction in the fall, some universities are fighting back. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday filed suit in U.S. District Court in Boston, challenging the administration’s attempt to bar foreign students from attending colleges […]
Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration over international student visas
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over a directive that would prevent international students from studying in the United States on F-1 or M-1 student visas in the fall if their school only offers […]