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.
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’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.
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,
More than 7,400 influencers applied for White House press credentials after Trump administration calls for ‘new media voices’
Conservative content creators helped get Trump elected. Now his administration is ushering influencers into White House press briefings.
How Trump turned the TikTok ban into a political asset
President Trump has managed to turn a controversial TikTok ban into a political advantage, framing himself as the savior of ...
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" ...
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White House in talks to have Oracle and U.S. investors take over TikTok
Under the deal now being negotiated by the White House, TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance would retain a minority stake in the company, but the app’s algorithm, data collection and software ...
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 ...
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, ...
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Exclusive: White House in talks to have Oracle and U.S. investors take over TikTok
Under the deal now being negotiated by the White House, TikTok's China-based owner ByteDance would retain a minority stake in the company, but the app's algorithm, data collection and software ...
Trump's calendar: When tariffs, RTO, buyouts, and a TikTok cut-off are set to go into effect
Trump's deadlines for tariffs, federal worker buyouts and RTO, federal funding freeze, TikTok, and more are coming up. Here's ...
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 ...