Donald Trump is once again president — and he's already signed a slew of executive orders. Federal employees have been ordered to return to the office full time. A "national energy emergency" has been declared.
The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.
In his first few days back in office, President Trump is talking about TikTok entirely as a deal making exercise, dropping all of his previously expressed concerns about Chinese influence and American national security.
Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty and other investors have submitted a bid to buy TikTok from China-based ByteDance after a court-ordered divestiture or shutdown.
In a special episode of Left, Right and Centre broadcast live from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, American journalist Ben Smith discussed a wide range of issues, from US President Donald Trump's move to 'save' TikTok in the US to the war in Ukraine and Gaza.
TikTok if Elon Musk or others pursue a buyout. Speaking to Al-Arabiya TV during the World Economic Forum at Da
Trump's incoming administration has a different relationship to business leaders, especially in tech.
Hollywood’s silence reveals the contours of our escalating conflict with China; we’re digesting the war on TikTok, instead.
The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.
In 2017, weeks after Donald Trump’s first presidential election victory, Xi Jinping became the first Chinese head of state to address the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — winning applause as he inveighed against protectionism and declared that a trade war would hurt both sides.
A board member at TikTok’s parent company said that a deal to save the app from disappearing in the United States will be done soon.
Al Gore reacts to Trump’s withdrawal of US from the Paris climate agreement Former US Vice President Al Gore joins other world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos in a session focused on climate and the 10th anniversary of the historic Paris Agreement It comes just days after Donald Trump ordered the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.