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Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks at an event on Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle. TikTok's extensive lobbying campaign is the latest tech industry push since the House passed legislation that would ban the popular app if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake. Cantwell, the Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman, has so far been reluctant to embrace the TikTok bill, calling for hearings first and suggesting that the Senate may want to rewrite it. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) **FILE**

Democratic Sen. Cantwell welcomes House’s TikTok crackdown

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service on Monday, April 8, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, walks from the plane upon his arrival in Beijing, China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic ally China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Beijing to highlight ties with key diplomatic partner

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks withreporters to discuss efforts to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, March 20, 2024. The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected to take up a $1.2 trillion measure that combines six annual spending bills into one package.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Reviewing TikTok crackdown plan is on Schumer’s to-do list, but not urgent

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. Biden and Xi spoke Tuesday in their first call since their November summit in California, Chinese state media reported. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan, AI and fentanyl in a push to return to regular leader talks

By Zeke Miller, Didi Tang and Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Conservatives have been warning about TikTok for years

By Jeff M. Smith and Andrew J. Harding

Chinese Communist Party and TikTok in U.S. illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Attack TikTok, cut its Chinese Communist Party ties

By Clifford D. May

Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks with reporters at the White House, March 13, 2020, in Washington. Mnuchin is interested in buying TikTok, just days after his investment firm led a $1 billion deal to inject life into a beaten-down bank.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Key senator skeptical about Mnuchin’s TikTok purchase plan

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

TikTok creators warn of economic impact if app sees ban, call it a vital space for the marginalized

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Devotees of TikTok gather at the Capitol in Washington, as the House passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner doesn't sell, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Lawmakers contend the app's owner, ByteDance, is beholden to the Chinese government, which could demand access to the data of TikTok's consumers in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

TikTok ban hits snag in Senate

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks with reporters outside the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington. Mnuchin says he's going to put together an investor group to buy TikTok, a day after the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban the popular video app in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Ex-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin organizing group to bid for TikTok

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Devotees of TikTok cheer their support to passing motorists at the Capitol in Washington, before the House passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner doesn't sell, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Lawmakers contend the app's owner, ByteDance, is beholden to the Chinese government, which could demand access to the data of TikTok's consumers in the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House OKs bill threatening TikTok’s Chinese owner with ban; lawmakers fear data theft, manipulation

By Ryan Lovelace and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023. Former President Donald Trump said Monday, March 11, 2024, that he still believes TikTok poses a national security risk. But he opposes banning the hugely popular app because doing so would help its rival, Facebook, which he continues to lambast over his 2020 election loss. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

House vote to crack down on TikTok’s ownership expected this week

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Mike Pence supports TikTok ban, accuses China of ‘poisoning’ children’s minds

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, on child safety. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, left, listens.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House committee advances crackdown on TikTok while fans complain

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

House mounts new push to crack down on TikTok’s Chinese owner, with boost from retiring lawmakers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A sign stands at the TikTok Inc. building in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

Republican lawmakers to Biden: Delete your TikTok account

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

The icon for the video-sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Proposed TikTok ban for kids fails in Virginia’s Legislature

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

The icon for the video-sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Proposed TikTok ban for kids fails in Virginia’s Legislature

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Bad Bunny performs at the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Fla., on Oct. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and others may vanish from TikTok as licensing dispute boils over

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on the platform's consumer privacy and data security practices and impact on children, Thursday, March 23, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers introduced a raft of bills to either ban TikTok or make it easier to ban it after the March House hearing with Chew. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

TikTok seen as serious threat to homeland; Congress to query its Chinese CEO

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times