The Biden administration revealed its plans to reduce the United States' carbon emissions by targeting air conditioners in new energy efficiency standards.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew neglected to provide a clear answer on whether individuals associated with ByteDance, the social media platform’s Chinese parent company, helped him prepare for a Thursday morning hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
TikTok is still storing Americans’ data on overseas servers, potentially placing it at risk of being accessed and exploited by China’s communist regime.
"We need to get to the bottom of COVID-19's origins to help ensure we can better prevent future pandemics," Biden said in the statement. "I directed the Intelligence Community to use every tool at its disposal to investigate the origin of COVID-19, and that work is ongoing."
American Action Network (AAN), a nonprofit advocacy group with close ties to House Republican leadership, launched the first stages of a major issue advocacy campaign to urge members of Congress to support lowering energy costs.