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Washington mdash; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday endorsed a bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S. after its momentum slowed in the Senate following its whirlwind passage in the House last month. This is the matter that deserves Congress urgent attention, and I ll support common sense bipartisan steps to take one of Beijing s favorite tools of coercion and espionage off the table, the Kentucky Republican said on the Senate floor,
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stanley cup . The legislation seeks to force its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok within six months to maintain access to U.S. web-hosting services and app stores. Requiring the divestment of Beijing-influenced entities from TikTok would land squarely within established constitutional precedent, McConnell said.Critics of the bill have questioned the bill s constitutionality given the government s targeting of a single company and have also said it would violate Americans free speech rights by taking away
stanley cup a platform they use for expression. The bill s path in the Senate, which typically moves slower than the lower chamber, is unclear. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, has been noncommittal about bringing it up for a vote, though he included TikTok legislation among his top priorities in a letter to Democrats last week.Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell said Democra Upoi Oprah Winfrey selects Long Island as newest book club pick
New York mdash; Five decades of LGBTQ pride was celebrated Sunday as crowds gathered outside New York s historic Stonewall Inn to mark the 50th anniversary of the police raid that sparked the modern-day gay rights movement, as other cities throughout the country planned massive
stanley cup parades.New York s Pride march kicked off at noon Sunday with 677 contingents including community groups, major corporations and cast members from FX s Pose. Organizers expected 150,000 people to march as hundreds of thousands more line the streets.A smaller Queer Liberation March started earlier in the morning at the Stonewall Inn, proceeding to Central Park for a rally. The organizers of the queer march said the larger Pride event is too commercialized and heavily policed. By Sunday afternoon, thousands of revelers packed onto Fifth Avenue, dressed in rainbow-colored clothing waved flags and signs as the parade got underway. Some people climbed up on street lamp posts or were on people s shoulders to get a better view of the parade
adidas campus . Participants take part in the 2019 World Pride NYC and Stonewall 50th LGBTQ Pride Parade in New York, U.S., June 30, 2019
air force 1 JEENAH MOON / REUTERS Twenty-nine-year-old Alyssa Christianson, who lives in New York, said she s been to the Pride parade before, but this is the first year she dressed up. She turned a Pride flag into a
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