News : Is TikTok a "national security issue"? These senators say yes

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Is TikTok a "national security issue"? These senators say yes

March 10, 2024

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "No more money to Netanyahu's war machine to kill Palestinian children"
Political matchups take shape for Texas general elections
Sen. Katie Britt accused of misleading statement in State of the Union response

With the Senate Intelligence Committee set to hold its annual worldwide threats hearing on Monday, Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio spoke to Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation" about some of the national security threats facing the U.S.

"We might have slightly different ways on how we go at this, but we think this is a national security issue," Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said of himself and Rubio on "Face the Nation." Watch Brennan's full interview with Warner and Rubio here.

Plus, Brennan spoke to Sen. Bernie Sanders about President Biden's recent calls for a six-week cease-fire. Sanders called on Mr. Biden to suspend or condition military aid to Israel, saying "it's good politics and the moral and right thing to do." Watch Brennan's full interview with Sanders here and watch the full episode of "Face the Nation" here.

TikTok is a "national security issue," Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio say

Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio, who sit atop the Senate Intelligence Committee, warned Sunday of the threat posed by TikTok, a social media app owned by a China-based company that's become widely popular among young people in the U.S.

"We might have slightly different ways on how we go at this, but we think this is a national security issue," Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said of himself and Rubio on "Face the Nation."

Read more from Kaia Hubbard, plus watch Margaret Brennan's full interview with Warner and Rubio here.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "No more money to Netanyahu's war machine to kill Palestinian children"

Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, said Sunday that the Biden administration needs to make clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if his government wants to continue to receive support from the U.S., Israel must change its policy on humanitarian aid to Gaza.

"No more money to Netanyahu's war machine to kill Palestinian children," Sanders said on "Face the Nation" on Sunday. The long-time critic of Netanyahu is among a group of lawmakers who have argued that Israel is violating the Foreign Assistance Act by blocking American humanitarian aid to Gaza. He said on Sunday that suspending or conditioning aid to Israel would be the "right thing to do."

Read more from Kaia Hubbard, and watch Margaret Brennan's full interview with Sanders here.

On and Off the Trail:

Political matchups take shape for Texas general elections: Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has been forced into a runoff in what's being called a "Battle for the soul of Texas." Democratic Rep. Colin Allred of North Texas is now set to challenge Republican incumbent Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate. A Dallas doctor who had to leave Texas to get an abortion due to a troubled pregnancy was invited to attend the State of the Union Address. She shares her story with Jack Fink on "Eye on Politics." Watch the latest episode of "Eye on Politics" here and watch new episodes every Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on air and online.
"Saturday Night Live" lampoons Katie Britt's State of the Union response: Last night on "Saturday Night Live," Scarlett Johansson parodied Sen. Katie Britt's GOP response to the State of the Union, Grace Kazarian reports. The cold open spoof took aim at Britt's use of a story about a woman who was sex trafficked, which has faced scrutiny in the days since the response, as well as her kitchen backdrop. Johansson parodied Britt's anecdote, with Johansson saying, "Like any mom, I'm going to do a pivot out of nowhere into a shockingly violent story about sex trafficking. And rest assured, every detail about it is real, except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened." Critics have slammed the anecdote as misleading, but Britt on "Fox News Sunday" insisted she was using the story as an example of what's happening at an "astronomical rate" under the Biden administration's handling of the border.
Biden and Trump trade barbs over Laken Riley death, immigration, during dueling campaign rallies in Georgia: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump held dueling campaign events in Georgia on Saturday - and traded barbs over the death of nursing student Laken Riley and immigration as they turned their focus towards the general election. Their campaign rallies, which were the second time Mr. Biden and Trump were in the same state in recent weeks, were underscored by the recent death of Riley, a University of Georgia nursing student who was killed by an alleged undocumented immigrant from Venezuela while jogging on campus. Read more from Aaron Navarro and Olivia Rinaldi.