WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Entertainer and Trump supporter Kanye West recently met with White House adviser and the son-in-law of President Jared Kushner, a source close to the meeting said on Wednesday as the entertainer strives to appeared at the November presidential election. The New York Times, which first reported the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has filed a motion asking the court to file a lawsuit against the president’s executive order targeting social media companies, calling it a “deep misunderstanding” “, according to a copy of the motion seen by Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Facebook, Google and Twitter logos can …
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(Repeats to more subscribers) By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. has emerged as the most likely buyer of US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short video app that prepares US President Donald Trump for effective bans on national security grounds. A deal would be in …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Six weeks after China imposed sweeping national security laws in Hong Kong, police cracked down on media tycoon Jimmy Lai, one of Beijing’s most outspoken critics in the city. Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is being held under national security law after a Hong Kong police officer …
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