TikTok, White House and Trump

Non-traditional media, TikTokers tout applying for White House Press passes: 'The right thing'
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's announcement of a new media seat in the briefing room has been met with praise.
Trump touts interest in TikTok as White House seeks to broker sale
U.S President Donald Trump on Monday said there is a lot of interest in TikTok, as his administration seeks to broker a sale of the popular app.
Trump’s White House in talks to have Oracle, US investors take over TikTok
Under the deal being negotiated by the White House, TikTok’s China-based owner, ByteDance, would retain a stake in the company, but data collection and software updates would be overseen by Oracle, which already provides the foundation of TikTok’s Web infrastructure, one of the sources told Reuters.
White House Says 10,000 Have Applied For 'New Media' Briefing Seat
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday that 10,000 individuals have applied for the new White House briefing "new media" seat.
TikTok in the White House? Karoline Leavitt Says New Media Newsers Can Cover the Trump Administration
There’s a new administration in the White House-and a new class of journalists will be covering it. President Donald Trump‘s press secretary Karoline Leavitt presided over the first press conference of the second Trump era on Tuesday and revealed that,
Trump White House Receives 10,000 'New Media' Applications
President Donald Trump's White House has received more than 10,000 applications for its "new media" seat, according to press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday. The new media seat — which was announced earlier this week at Leavitt's first press briefing — aims to give independent journalists,
Inside TikTok’s frantic scramble to halt U.S. ban
There were 36 hours of mad frenzy as TikTok executives and lawyers sought and failed to get a last-minute reprieve from Biden ...
President Trump says he'll decide on TikTok's ownership 'probably over the next 30 days'
President Donald Trump told reporters Saturday, "Numerous people are talking to me, very substantial people, about buying" ...
Oracle and Microsoft are negotiating a TikTok takeover, ByteDance could retain a minority stake
The plan to save TikTok involves software company Oracle and a group of outside investors effectively taking control of the ...
Future of DeepSeek, Like TikTok, May Come Down to Trump’s Whims
DeepSeek, the Chinese-owned ChatGPT rival, could pose the same national security concerns that Congress has about TikTok, ...
White House reporters went from covering an 'invisible president' Biden to 'omnipresent' Trump: Politico
Politico White House journalists contrasted former President Biden with President Donald Trump regarding how their ...
White House unveils plan to set up sovereign wealth fund
The White House said in a statement late Monday that US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin developing ...
Why DeepSeek Is Sparking Debates Over National Security, Just Like TikTok
T he fast-rising Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is sparking national security concerns in the U.S., over fears that its AI models ...
Rupert Murdoch And Larry Ellison Watch As Donald Trump Meets Press In Oval Office And Signs Executive Order To Create Sovereign Wealth Fund
Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to begin the process of creating a sovereign wealth fund, a move that he said ...