Trump Says He Has A Buyer Lined Up For TikTok



Trump Says He Has A Buyer Lined Up For TikTok

President Donald Trump said a “group of very wealthy people” was lined up to purchase TikTok—after repeatedly delaying enforcement of a ban on the popular short form video app owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance.

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Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act in March 2024, which required ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American owner or face a ban on operations in the U.S. The bill was passed with bipartisan support and signed into law by former President Joe Biden in April 2024, but ByteDance immediately challenged the legality of the ban .

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It’s unclear how much ByteDance would sell TikTok for. Valuations for the wildly popular app, which draws 170 million users in the U.S., according to the company, range from billion to over billion

Jeff Bezos And Lauren Sanchez Bezos Wedding



Jeff Bezos And Lauren Sanchez Bezos Wedding

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former journalist Lauren Sánchez Bezos held their final day of wedding celebrations Saturday after the newlyweds exchanged vows on a small Venetian island Friday, the centerpiece of what has become a star-studded, and controversial, multi-day ceremony hosted in Venice, Italy.

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Venice officials have said the guest list for Bezoses wedding is limited to 200 people. On Tuesday afternoon, Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner, who were rumored to attend, were photographed arriving in Venice.

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Forbes estimates the wedding’s price tag will be at least million, with some of the largest costs coming from venue rentals (see the details of the costs here). The price of the wedding is a small fraction of Bezos’ wealth, as the Amazon founder boasts an estimated billion net worth as of Saturday.

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