Author: Bijoy Daniel

– 202308Ronna McDaniel 2023

NBC is facing heavy criticism from the right for terminating a deal to add former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor. McDaniel’s abrupt exit followed vocal protests from some of the network’s most prominent on-air hosts, who took issue with her past rhetoric on the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021,…

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– 202403Congress TikTok 90627 091fea 1

A person familiar with the matter says the Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices. The source says the FTC has been looking into whether TikTok violated a portion of federal law that prohibits “unfair and deceptive” business practices by denying individuals in China had access to U.S. user data. The agency is also scrutinizing the company over potential violations of a children’s privacy law. The investigation is the latest battle in Washington for TikTok. The social media company is already fighting against a federal bill that could ban the platform in the U.S. if it doesn’t break ties with its Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance.

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– 202403Politics BidenTrump 022624 AP Andrew Harnik

More Democrats fear former President Trump being reelected than Republicans fear President Biden’s potential second term, according to a new poll. The poll found 66 percent of Democrats are extremely fearful of another Trump term in the White House, according to the results from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. Another 11 percent of Democrats said…

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