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By Mike Dolan

US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States. The lawmakers voted 352 in favor of the proposed law and 65 against, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity in politically divided Washington.

Elon Musk has in a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), expressed worry that the United States will go "bankrupt". "Overspending must stop or America will go bankrupt," he wrote early on March 13. Musk was responding to a post by X user @WallStreetSilv who warned that over time 100 percent of US taxpayer monies would be used to pay interest on national debt.

Donald Trump both clinched their parties' nomination on Tuesday, kicking off the first U.S. presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years. According to Edison Research, Joe Biden passed the necessary 1,968 delegates on Tuesday night as the results of the Georgia primary contest started to come in.

The Washington Post. The offer was made when Musk was still running Twitter, now rebranded as X, after his high-profile acquisition in late 2022. Citing two unnamed sources, the report claimed that Trump and Musk have been in contact regarding Truth Social “more than was previously known".

Donald Trump, whose single turbulent term in the White House transformed the Republican Party, tested the resilience of democratic institutions in the U.S. and threatened alliances abroad, will lead the GOP in a third consecutive presidential election after clinching the nomination Tuesday. With wins in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state, Trump surpassed the 1,215-delegate threshold needed to become the presumptive Republican nominee. He'll formally accept the nomination at the Republican National Convention in July, by which point he could be in the remarkable position of being both a presidential candidate and convicted felon. Trump has been indicted in four separate criminal investigations and his first trial, which centers on payments made to a porn actress, is set to begin March 25 in New York City.

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain will on Wednesday sign a memorandum of understanding on trade with Texas, the biggest U.S. state so far to agree to such a pact aimed at boosting investment.

second straight Democratic nomination Tuesday and set up an all-but-certain rematch with the predecessor he blames for destabilizing the country. Biden became his party's presumptive nominee when he won enough delegates in Georgia. That pushed Biden's count past 1,968 for a majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this August, where his nomination will be made official.

Trump calls TikTok a threat but says banning app would hurt some kids “I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on Drunk Elephant at Sephora because of my tween," Fetterman said, referring to a skincare brand that’s gone viral on the app, prompting teens and tweens to flood Sephora locations. “That’s annoying but I think there’s a security issue as well too.

By David Shepardson

United States is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine that could be worth as much as $400 million, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, the first such move in months as additional funds for Kyiv remain blocked by Republican leaders in Congress. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said an announcement was expected later on Tuesday. One of the officials said that the funding for this package is from credits refunded to the Pentagon for recent purchases.

India negotiate lower prices for Russian oil as it deepens sanctions on tankers carrying the petroleum above Western price caps, President Joe Biden's energy envoy said on Tuesday. Washington imposed sanctions late last month on Russia's leading tanker group Sovcomflot on the two-year anniversary of Moscow's full scale invasion of Ukraine. It also designated 14 crude oil tankers as property in which Sovcomflot had an interest. That led to concerns in India of a potential dent in Russian oil sales to India, the biggest buyer of Russian seaborne crude, and that the fresh sanctions could complicate efforts by Indian state refiners to secure annual supply deals, Reuters reported late last month.

Joe Biden tried his best to present himself as an energetic and enthusiastic person in his State of the Union address to the joint session of the US Congress, special counsel Robert Hur has made several damning revelations in his report. He has written in his report that the commander-in-chief confused key dates during his October interview, he even forgot the year of death of his son Beau and when Donald Trump was elected president of the country, reports the 'New York Post'.

President Joe Biden has reignited the debate surrounding implementing a 30% tax on electricity used by crypto miners in a budget proposal for 2025.

Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, both of which are counting on a steady easing of price pressures this year.

Economist Kevin Hassett weighs in on President Biden's proposed 2025 budget on 'The Bottom Line.'

Russian president Medvedev said. “The French President had already s**to himself and pulled out of the planned visit. Poor France!", Medvedev added.

More than 75 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S. government’s newest repayment plan since it launched in August

President Joe Biden has issued a budget proposal for a second term aimed at getting voters’ attention with tax breaks for families, lower health care costs, smaller deficits and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations

Poland’s president is calling on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their gross domestic product

US House to vote on bill giving ByteDance 165 days to divest TikTok or face ban The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday under fast-track rules that require two-thirds of members to vote "yes" for the measure to win passage. TikTok told Congress late Monday in a letter seen by Reuters it is "not owned or controlled by the Chinese government" and argued if the company was sold another buyer would not continue TikTok's $1.5 billion effort to protect U.S.