U.S. CONGRESS SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SURVIVED A PUSH TO OUST HIM AS SPEAKER
U.S. Congress Speaker Mike Johnson survived a push to remove him from his position after right-wing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene attempted to oust him. However, both Democrats and Republicans quickly rejected her attempt. The final vote was 359-43 to keep Johnson in his job. Meanwhile, On Tuesday, TikTok filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against the U.S. government over a law that would force Chinese parent company Byte Dance to sell the app or face a national ban. President Biden signed legislation in April, giving Byte Dance nine months to find a buyer for the popular short-form video app, with a three-month extension if a deal is in progress. TikTok argues that the bill violates the First Amendment and that divestiture is impossible.