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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a rising conservative leader, and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), a veteran liberal dealmaker, have teamed up to advance legislation through the Senate Judiciary Committee that would expose big tech…

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is joining other members of ” the Squad” in opposing a ban on TikTok, as a debate over the video sharing app heats up on Capitol Hill. “I oppose an outright ban on TikTok and believe that in order to protect…

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ken.) blocked a move by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to pass his bill that would ban the embattled social media platform TikTok in the U.S., saying the legislation violated First Amendment rights. “The company has bent…

Washington — Republican Sen. Josh Hawley's effort to fast-track a ban of TikTok's app in the United States hit a snag from within his own party after Sen. Rand Paul objected. Hawley, who introduced the "No TikTok on United States…

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he plans to block a move by fellow Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) to pass a bill that would ban TikTok in the U.S., arguing the bill would limit free speech and emulate censorship from the Chinese…

The Missouri Senate this week adjourned a day early for a scheduled spring break in disarray after a group of Democratic legislators spent days filibustering a bill that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors. State…

A new federal assessment saying a lab leak was the likely origin of COVID-19 is feeding new oxygen into Republican calls for further investigations, even as scientists and the intelligence community say the issue is still far from…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a bill on Tuesday to ban children under 16 years old from using social media.  The legislation, which is entitled the Making Age-Verification Technology Uniform, Robust, and Effective (MATURE) Act,…

Anti-TikTok pressure is mounting in Congress from both sides of the aisle, with lawmakers proposing legal measures to ban the popular video sharing app from use in the U.S. to requests for dominant app stores to drop it.  The push is…

US Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican and China hawk, said on Tuesday that he would introduce a bill to ban the short video app TikTok in the United States.TikTok, whose parent is the Chinese company ByteDance, already faces a ban that would…