The White House on Wednesday reiterated its call to defend its artificial intelligence lead against a quickly advancing China by exporting "cohesive AI tech stacks" that integrate not just chips but also algorithms and applications to foreign countries.

The deal sets the stage for the creation of a new US company worth as much as $50 billion that would serve 172 million US users.

Behind the scenes, major pharmaceutical companies and Trump-tied billionaires are furiously lobbying in opposite directions over proposed anti-China measures.

Trump’s first administration expressed the view that TikTok might be a tool for Chinese surveillance, yet now the White House has an account itself.

The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, less than a month before a Sept. 17 deadline for the app to either find a new owner or face a U.S.-wide ban.

Vice President JD Vance invited television cameras into his official White House office this afternoon for an episode of Charlie Kirk’s podcast. He said he was guest-hosting the show to honor Kirk, the right-wing activist who was assassinated last week.

The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday amid uncertainty about the app’s future, as another deadline approaches for its parent company, Bytedance, to sell to a US buyer or be banned in the United States.

The White House launched its official TikTok account despite the looming deadline for the Chinese-owned app to be sold or banned in the U.S.

White House officials are working on a draft executive order, which, if enacted, could impose harsh restrictions on experimental treatments discovered in China that leading drugmakers have relied on extensively to boost their pipelines,