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Biden Signs New Gun Safety Executive Order

Biden Signs New Gun Safety Executive Order

US Pres. Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order intended to increase background checks for gun buyers, promote safer storage of firearms, and encourage law enforcement agencies to enforce last summer’s bipartisan gun control law to the best of their abilities....

US Threatens to Ban TikTok if ByteDance Doesn’t Sell Ownership Stake

US Threatens to Ban TikTok if ByteDance Doesn’t Sell Ownership Stake

The Biden admin. has demanded ByteDance divest its stake in the video app TikTok or face a possible US ban. The move is the most dramatic in a series of recent steps taken by American officials and legislators concerned that user data could potentially be passed on to the PRC....

UK Budget 2023: Economy Set to Avoid Recession

UK Budget 2023: Economy Set to Avoid Recession

Following UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's announcement of the 2023 budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast that the UK won't enter a technical recession this year, with inflation reportedly set to drop to 2.9% — a reduction by more than half its current rate — by the end of 20...

California Court: App-based Drivers Are Contractors

A California appeals court Monday ruled to largely uphold Proposition 22, a voter-approved law that classified drivers for ride-share and delivery companies as independent contractors....

US House Panel Approves Bill Allowing Biden to Ban TikTok

US House Panel Approves Bill Allowing Biden to Ban TikTok

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 24 to 16 on Wednesday to give Pres. Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok, the social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance....

Canada Bans TikTok From Government Devices

Canada Bans TikTok From Government Devices

Canada announced Monday that it's banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices following growing Western concerns surrounding the security of the video-sharing social media app....