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China reportedly warned the U.S. "should respect fair competition" and "stop suppressing foreign companies" as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy moves forward with legislation on TikTok.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said that Congress will move forward with legislation on TikTok to "protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was blasted for opposing a TikTok ban given Chinese parent company ByteDance's six figure donation to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Foundation.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said in her first TikTok video shared Saturday that she opposed a ban of the Chinese owned platform, downplaying national security concerns.

Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., on Thursday grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew over a purported internal corporate memo coaching senior management to "downplay the parent company Bytedance" and China ties.

Rep. Kat Cammack torched TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew over a video left on the platform for 41 days threatening House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., told TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, "We do not trust TikTok will ever embrace American values," ahead of his testimony before Congress.

France's prime minster faces a vote of no-confidence after she pushed through unpopular changes to the federal pension program in a move backed by President Emanuel Macron.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday, where she was confronted with data that suggests up to 90% of new IRS audits will hit taxpayers making less than $400,000, which she did not deny.

Republicans in the House and Senate are hammering President Joe Biden over his newly unveiled budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2024, and House GOP said their budget is coming soon.

House Republicans are looking at ways to avoid a debt default, including by exemption debt and entitlement payments from the debt ceiling once the ceiling is reached.

CBO Director Phillip Swagel said that once Social Security's trust fund becomes exhausted in 2032, benefits would automatically be cut by 25% unless Congress acts.

President Biden vowed to make both billionaires and corporation "pay their fair share" while speaking at a conference for members of a firefighters union on Monday.

The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to give President Biden the power to ban TikTok, a move that some groups say would be unconstitutional.

President Biden on Wednesday said Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., was "confused" for suggesting cuts to prescription drug costs equated to cuts to Medicare.

Federal lawmakers rallied with representatives from the American Federation of Government Employees union on Tuesday to demand Congress pass an 8.7% pay increase for government workers.

Rep. James Comer accused President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of trying to "scare seniors" by saying the GOP wants to cut Medicare and Social Security.

The CBO's latest budget update showed the federal deficit was up $200 billion year-over-year as of January, despite President Biden's claims about his deficit reduction efforts.

President Biden tried to take credit for what he claims is an improving economy durin ghis State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Americans aren't falling for it.

GOP senators on Wednesday said President Biden was mischaracterizing their respective positions on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.