Explore More Libertarian Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is derailing a bipartisan effort to ban TikTok.
He claims TikTok isn’t doing the Chinese Communist Party’s bidding and says if the United States bans it we’ll just be acting like the CCP and censoring citizens.
He also says a ban will backfire on the GOP with young voters and lead to Republicans losing elections for a generation.
He’s unpersuasive.
First, there’s a mountain of evidence showing China using TikTok as spyware and manipulation against Americans. Read More...
Explore More A 16-year-old boy was stabbed and three other people were attacked in the latest surge of subway violence – just days after a shootout left one person dead and several others wounded, cops said.
The stabbing came hours after a homeless man slugged an MTA worker and good Samaritan – and a subway musician was clobbered with a bottle in a random attack, according to police.
The teen was knifed in the upper left thigh around 3:20 p. Read More...
By Ido VockBBC News
ReutersThe Raja-Jooseppi border post will close on Thursday nightFinland is closing all crossings on the Russian border after accusing Moscow of deliberately helping migrants into the country.
Seven of eight road posts have already shut over a rise in crossings this month.
The government now says the last, located in the Arctic Circle, will close on Thursday for two weeks.
Around 900 asylum seekers entered Finland from Russia in November, up from fewer than one a day on average. Read More...