Vladimir Putin is not bluffing over his nuclear war threats and Russia is "more likely" than NATO to launch such an attack, according to a new report. The joint publication from MP Bob Seely and nuclear weapons experts Hamish de Bretton-Gordon and Ted Bromundd adds that the Russian president is being pushed into a corner as his war effort in Ukraine "implode". The trio warn that the Kremlin's "dreams of Ukraine re-incorporated into Russia" and "breaking up NATO" are "collapsing about him"
The report will see an additional £5billion provided to the Ministry of Defence over the next two years.
The funding is being ringfenced to help "replenish and bolster vital ammunition stocks, modernise the UK's nuclear enterprise and fund the next phase of the AUKUS submarine programme".
Ukraine is the second-largest country in Europe, located to the east of the continent. Ukraine borders Russia to the east and northeast, a country with which it has a fraught history. The president of Ukraine is Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian who was elected president in May 2019.
In their report, Mr Seely, Mr de Bretton-Gordon and Mr Bromund warned that the US and its allies "cannot ignore" the nuclear and chemical threat posed by Putin's Russia.
It added: "As the world's leading power, the U.S. has the most to lose from any loosening of the limits on the use of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons.
"It is therefore very much in the interests of the United States to deter the use of nuclear weapons, because the more those weapons are used and the more such use is deemed acceptable, the more likely the U.S. is to be targeted by the one kind of weapon that could immediately do fundamental damage to it."
The report called for a "highly robust Western and global response" to any use of nuclear weapons by Moscow.
A 2014 doctrine on Russian defence said the state could use weapons of mass destruction "to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity and to ensure the safety of the Russian people".
The joint report said that, as a result of such a doctrine, Russia is "more likely than the West to employ tactical nuclear weapons", adding: "Putin and his generals are not necessarily bluffing".
The report continued: "Putin's dreams of Ukraine re-incorporated into Russia, of breaking up NATO, and of Russia leading a global anti-Western alliance are collapsing about him.
"Disaster for Russia's imploding armed forces may well await, and at some point, Ukraine's armed forces will likely threaten to break Russia's land corridor linking Crimea to the Donbas.
"At that point, Putin will make one of the most fateful decisions of the century: whether to employ nuclear or chemical weapons.
"The U.S. must act now to minimize that threat and to ensure the protection of the American public and U.S. allies."
Ahead of the Integrate Review Refresh's publication, the Prime Minister warned the UK "must be ready to stand our ground" as "the world becomes more volatile and competition between states becomes more intense".
He added: "By investing in our armed forces for the long-term, we will be ready for the challenges of today and of the future.
"As I will discuss with our American and Australian allies in the US today, the UK will remain a leading contributor to NATO and a reliable international partner, standing up for our values from Ukraine to the South China Seas.
"We have seen all too clearly in the last year how global crises impact us at home, with Russia's appalling invasion of Ukraine driving up energy and food prices.
"We will fortify our national defences, from economic security to technology supply chains and intelligence expertise, to ensure we are never again vulnerable to the actions of a hostile power."
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Corgi Max all dressed up for St. Patrick's Day, left, and a picture of Max sporting a stylish tux, right.PATRICIA SABIN
This week our Pet of the Week is corgi Max who lives with owner James Wright.
The corgi breed, perhaps made most famous by the British royal family, was recognized as a breed by the American Kennel Club (AKC) in 1934.
Small in size but big in personality, the corgi has short but powerful legs, muscular thighs, and a deep chest. Surprisingly agile, they are also famed for their loyalty and loving nature.
Sporting a seasonal St. Patrick's Day outfit, Max brings joy to his owners who say he is "spunky."
"He loves his squeaky toys and treats," said Sabin. "He is smart and stubborn."
Our first finalist this week is part-husky dog Elsa. Now around 3 years old, she started life outdoors but now lives happily with owner Peggy Reavis and family in Omaha, Nebraska.
"As her name implies, two of Elsa's favorite things are snow and ice," Reavis told Newsweek. "Elsa loves ice cubes, ice cream, and fruit popsicles. Elsa was formerly in a house where she was an outside dog. Everything inside is new and exciting."
"At the end of the day, she likes to snuggle on the electric blanket and watch TV with her mom," said Reavis.
Next this week is rescue dog Edith who lives with owner Lakeisha Burkett and fellow canine friend Miracle.
"Edith came from the shelter and is full of energy," Burkett told Newsweek.
A big fan of playtime, sleeping and going on walks and Edith brings joy to their owners.
Last but not least this week is tri-colored cocker spaniel Pepper who lives with owner Susan George in Redding, California.
Donetsk, calculating that their loss of life is more palatable to the Russian public than the loss of conventional forces.
The man who commands the Ukrainian battalion, identified by the Post only by his call sign, Kupol, indicated that Kyiv does not have the same luxury.
"The most valuable thing in war is combat experience," he said, describing the difference between a soldier with six months of experience and one who was freshly trained as "heaven and earth."
"And there are only a few soldiers with combat experience," he told the Post. "Unfortunately, they are all already dead or wounded."
In his own battalion, Kupol said there had been a complete turnover in personnel since the invasion. Off the 500 men he commanded last year, 400 have been wounded and another 100 killed, according to the Post. Their replacements are not ready for war, he added. The situation on the battlefield now may not reflect a full picture of Ukraine’s forces, because Kyiv is training troops for the coming counteroffensive separately and deliberately holding them back from current fighting, including the defense of Bakhmut, a U.S. official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to be candid.
Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine’s presidential office, said the state of the Ukrainian force does not diminish his optimism about a coming counteroffensive. “I don’t think we’ve exhausted our potential,” Yermak said. “I think that in any war, there comes a time when you have to prepare new personnel, which is what is happening right now.”
And the situation for Russia may be worse. During a NATO meeting last month, U.K. Defense Minister Ben Wallace said that 97 percent of Russia’s army was already deployed in Ukraine and that Moscow was suffering “First World War levels of attrition.”
Kupol said he was speaking out in hopes of securing better training for Ukrainian forces from Washington and that he hopes Ukrainian troops being held back for a coming counteroffensive will have more success than the inexperienced soldiers now manning the front under his command.
“There’s always belief in a miracle,” he said. “Either it will be a massacre and corpses or it’s going to be a professional counteroffensive. There are two options. There will be a counteroffensive either way.”
How much increased Western military aid and training will tip the balance in such a spring offensive remains uncertain, given the scars of attrition that are beginning to show.
One senior Ukrainian government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to be candid, called the number of tanks promised by the West a “symbolic” amount. Others privately voiced pessimism that promised supplies would even reach the battlefield in time.
“If you have more resources, you more actively attack,” the senior official said. “If you have fewer resources, you defend more. We’re going to defend. That’s why if you ask me personally, I don’t believe in a big counteroffensive for us. I’d like to believe in it, but I’m looking at the resources and asking, ‘With what?’ Maybe we’ll have some localized breakthroughs.”
“We don’t have the people or weapons,” the senior official added. “And you know the ratio: When you’re on the offensive, you lose twice or three times as many people. We can’t afford to lose that many people.”
Such analysis is far less optimistic than the public statements by Ukraine’s political and military leadership.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described 2023 as “the year of victory” for Ukraine. His military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, touted the possibility of Ukrainians vacationing this summer in Crimea, the peninsula Russia annexed illegally from Ukraine nine years ago.
“Our president inspires us to win,” Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s ground forces commander, said in an interview with The Washington Post. “Generally, we all think the same, and we understand that for us it is of course necessary to win by the end of the year. And it is real. It is real if we are given all the help which we have been promised by our partners.”
On the front lines, however, the mood is dark.
Kupol, who consented to having his photograph taken and said he understood he could face personal blowback for giving a frank assessment, described going to battle with newly drafted soldiers who had never thrown a grenade, who readily abandoned their positions under fire and who lacked confidence in handling firearms.
His unit withdrew from Soledar in eastern Ukraine in the winter after being surrounded by Russian forces who later captured the city. Kupol recalled how hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in units fighting alongside his battalion simply abandoned their positions, even as fighters for Russia’s Wagner mercenary group pressed ahead.
After a year of war, Kupol, a lieutenant colonel, said his battalion is unrecognizable. Of about 500 soldiers, roughly 100 were killed in action and another 400 wounded, leading to complete turnover. Kupol said he was the sole military professional in the battalion, and he described the struggle of leading a unit composed entirely of inexperienced troops.
“I get 100 new soldiers,” Kupol said. “They don’t give me any time to prepare them. They say, ‘Take them into the battle.’ They just drop everything and run. That’s it. Do you understand why? Because the soldier doesn’t shoot. I ask him why, and he says, ‘I’m afraid of the sound of the shot.’ And for some reason, he has never thrown a grenade. … We need NATO instructors in all our training centers, and our instructors need to be sent over there into the trenches. Because they failed in their task.”
He described severe ammunition shortages, including a lack of simple mortar bombs and grenades for U.S.-made MK 19s.
Ukraine has also faced an acute shortage of artillery shells, which Washington and its allies have scrambled to address, with discussions about how to shore up Ukrainian stocks dominating daily meetings on the war at the White House National Security Council. Washington’s efforts have kept Ukraine fighting, but use rates are very high, and scarcity persists.
The challenges stem from steep losses. Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s commander in chief, said in August that nearly 9,000 of his soldiers had died. In December, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky, said the number was up to 13,000. But Western officials have given higher estimates and, in any case, the Ukrainian figures excluded the far larger number of wounded who are no longer able to fight.
A German official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to be candid, said that Berlin estimates Ukrainian casualties, including dead and wounded, are as high as 120,000. “They don’t share the information with us because they don’t trust us,” the official said.
Meanwhile, a Russian offensive has been building since early January, according to Syrsky. Budanov, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, told The Post last month that Russia had more than 325,000 soldiers in Ukraine, and another 150,000 mobilized troops could soon join the fight. Ukrainian soldiers report being outnumbered and having less ammunition.
The stakes for Ukraine in the coming months are particularly high, as Western countries aiding Kyiv look to see whether Ukrainian forces can once again seize the initiative and reclaim more territory from Russian control.
Russia is also facing ammunition, manpower and motivation problems — and has notched only incremental gains in recent months despite the strained state of Ukraine’s force. As bad as Ukraine’s losses are, Russia’s are worse, the U.S. official said.
“The question is whether Ukraine’s relative advantage is sufficient to attain their objectives, and whether those advantages can be sustained,” said Michael Kofman, a military analyst at Virginia-based CNA. “That depends not just on them, but also on the West.”
Despite reports of untrained mobilized Russian fighters being thrown into battle, Syrsky said those now arriving are well-prepared. “We have to live and fight in these realities,” he said. “Of course, it’s problematic for us. … It forces us to be more precise in our firing, more detailed in our reconnaissance, more careful in choosing our positions and more detailed in organizing the interaction between the units. There is no other way.”
Russia’s recent gains — notably around Bakhmut — have not significantly tilted the battlefield, and U.S. military officials have said that even if Russia seizes Bakhmut, it would be of little strategic importance. But given the heavy casualties Ukraine is suffering there, officials in Washington have questioned Kyiv’s refusal to retreat. The United States has been advising Ukraine to retreat from the city since at least January, the U.S. official said.
A Ukrainian official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said the battle for Bakhmut was depleting Russian forces there — mainly Wagner fighters who have been Moscow’s most effective of late — and that Ukrainian units defending the city were not slated to be deployed in upcoming offensive operations anyway.
Ukraine has lost many of its junior officers who received U.S. training over the past nine years, eroding a corps of leaders who helped distinguish the Ukrainians from their Russian enemies at the start of the invasion, the Ukrainian official said. Now, the official said, those forces must be replaced. “A lot of them are killed,” the official said.
At the start of the invasion, Ukrainians rushed to volunteer for military duty, but now men across the country who did not sign up have begun to fear being handed draft slips on the street. Ukraine’s internal security service recently shut down Telegram accounts that were helping Ukrainians avoid locations where authorities were distributing summonses.
Initially, the United States focused its training on new weapons systems Washington had decided to provide Kyiv, such as M777 artillery pieces and HIMARS rocket launchers. In January, after nearly a year of all-out war, the United States began training Ukrainian forces in combined-arms warfare. Just one battalion, of about 650 people, has completed the training in Germany so far.
Additional Ukrainian battalions will complete the training by the end of March, and the program will adjust as Ukraine’s needs evolve, said Lt. Col. Garron Garn, a Pentagon spokesman.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “remains laser-focused on ensuring that Ukraine is receiving the training it needs for the current fight,” Garn said. The United States is “working around-the-clock” to fulfill Ukraine’s security needs, in addition to investing billions of dollars to produce and procure artillery ammunition, he said.
“The bottom line is that we are getting the Ukrainians what they need, when they need it,” Garn said. “And as President Biden and Secretary Austin have emphasized repeatedly, we will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes.”
Even with new equipment and training, U.S. military officials consider Ukraine’s force insufficient to attack all along the giant front, where Russia has erected substantive defenses, so troops are being trained to probe for weak points that allow them to break through with tanks and armored vehicles.
Britain is also training Ukrainian recruits, including about 10,000 last year, with another 20,000 expected this year. The European Union has said it will train 30,000 Ukrainians in 2023. "They just drop everything and run. That's it. Do you understand why? Because the soldier doesn't shoot. I ask him why, and he says, 'I'm afraid of the sound of the shot.' And for some reason, he has never thrown a grenade," he told the Post. "We need NATO instructors in all our training centers, and our instructors need to be sent over there into the trenches. Because they failed in their task."A puppy convinced she's a "big dog" like her husky brothers is making the internet chuckle.
In the adorable footage shared by Jace (@pippathecav), Pippa—a King Charles Cavalier spaniel—can be seen reaching up on her hind legs to drink from a raised water bowl.
As the bowl belongs to her brothers Moose and Max—both adult Siberian huskies—the dish is resting on a stand, making it quite a challenge for the tiny spaniel.
However, the additional height seems to make the raised bowl more appealing, with the 4-month-old puppy ignoring her own smaller water dish underneath.
Narrating Pippa's thoughts in the video, Jace said: "I'm big just like Max and Moose, and I was like 'no, that won't work.'"
Jace and her partner Swethal decided to take Pippa to their local pet store in Denver so she could choose her own bowl.
"[Mom] says I'll never be quite as tall as [Moose and Max], and while I don't believe her, I went along with the plan anyway," "Pippa" continued.
Pippa immediately turned her nose up at the first bowl, as it was "too cold, while the second offering was "too deep."
"I'm in my Goldilocks era," "Pippa" said.
Nevertheless, the third container was "fine," despite not being the color Pippa wanted.
As a reward for investigating the bowls, Jace and Swethal took Pippa to see the birds, which she "loves." This was followed by treats in the car ride home.
The next day, a package arrived for the spaniel—a set of elevated cat bowls.
"This can't be for me," the captions continued. "I'm a big dog."
After some convincing, mostly using treats, Pippa started to warm up to her new bowls.
"Ok, I could get down with this," she said. "Thank you."
TikTok users adored the sassy spaniel and her demands, with the cute clip receiving almost 15 million views and 3.6 million likes.
'She Just Knows What She Wants'
According to American Veterinary Association, dogs of all shapes and sizes are America's favorite pet, with almost 40 percent of U.S. households owning one.
So it's no surprise that dog lovers are willing to spend to keep their furbabies content. In 2022, the global pet care market was worth a colossal $261 billion—and it's still growing, with the US market expected to reach $93.1 billion by 2025 alone.
Data collated by Zippia found that the average pet owner spends $111 a month on their pet, with food, veterinarian trips and kennel boarding being the highest expenses for dog owners.
Pippa clearly knows how to wrap her owners around her little finger, with her small stature in no way denting her confidence. The demanding pup actually turned down five bowls at the pet store, before Jace gave up and ordered her the elevated cat dishes.
"She has rejected every bowl we've given her until her newest bowls," Jace told Newsweek.
"The total was probably somewhere around six or seven bowls that didn't make the cut.
"She is still a bit suspicious of the new bowl, but she uses it about 70 percent of the time.
"If the water isn't filled to the brim, she goes to her brother's bowl and drinks from there instead. Some say she's picky, but we think she just knows what she wants."
Until Pippa, Jace and Swethal had only ever owned large dogs. While driving one day, Jace spotted a Blenheim Cavalier on the street, and was so taken with the pooch that they pulled over to find out what breed it was.
"I think we scared her owner a bit, but we absolutely had to know what kind of dog
she was holding," Jace said. "As soon as we saw her Cavalier we knew we had to have one."
After doing some research to ensure the breed would get along with the couple's two huskies—Max aged 8 and Moose aged 7—they decided that a King Charles Cavalier would be a perfect fit for their family.
As he's the younger dog, the couple were expecting Pippa to instantly bond with Moose. However, he was confused by the new addition.
"He's the sweetest guy you'll ever meet, but I don't think Moose understood that Pippa was a dog and he was actually quite afraid of her," Jace said.
Instead, Pippa bonded with Max, despite the husky's grumpy and independent demeanor.
"It was the cutest thing to witness," Jace said. "He lets her take naps on his tail, protects her when we're out in public, and really just 'took her under his paw.'"
Nevertheless, growing up with two large canines has given Pippa unrealistic expectations about her own size.
"I think being raised around 2 dogs who outweigh her by 40-60 pounds gave her a lot of confidence," Jace said.
"She hasn't ever been scared of them and will curl right up next to them in bed. She trains with them, plays with them, and spends all day long with her big brothers."
'The Journey We Didn't Know We Needed'
TikTokers couldn't get enough of the high-maintenance pup and her big dreams, with jas calling Pippa "an icon."
"Not to be dramatic but I'm in love with pippa," said brooklynn.
"I was so invested in this," wrote greta.
"The absolute disrespect of a small bowl," said Lauren.
"I swear all cavaliers are the same they act like they are so big," commented Dixiethecav.
Jace's hilarious voiceover also got plenty of compliments, with Jiminswiftu calling the video "perfect."
"Why am i fully convinced the dog recorded this," asked nic.
"We all know if she could actually talk this would be her voice lol," said Caileigh shinall.
"Im in my Goldilocks era," quoted Ron.
While Madelyn Chase commented: "The journey we didn't know we needed, but we're so glad it happened."
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Lainey took a break from her sold-out "Country With a Flair" tour to perform at the Coors Light Birds Nest ahead of Super Bowl LVII in Arizona. For the performance, she wore a crop top with an embroidered white over it, which was tied at the waist, a gray cowboy hat, turquoise jewelry, and high-waisted paisley bell-bottoms. (For a similar look, try these bell bottoms that come in 15 different patterns for less than $25.)
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Brace yourselves for this one, Yellowstone fans. After the the emotional first eight episodes of season 5, we were prepared for a mid-season finale, but we didn't know how long the wait would be, until now.
The record-breaking season has seen tragedy for the Dutton family, turmoil at the ranch, a promised insurrection by Jamie, and even some romantic and light-hearted moments. But, according to Paramount Network, it will be several long months before we see how all of this wraps up. And after that cliff-hanger ending setting up a Jamie/Beth showdown, fans are going to be desperate for a resolution.
Episode eight of season five, "A Knife and No Coin," aired on January 1, and that marked the season 5 mid-season finale. Paramount Network has confirmed that the final six episodes of the season will air in Summer 2023.
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Kate Middleton and Camilla Parker Bowles looked stunning as always when they stepped out for their latest royal engagement—but they came pretty close to having a major fashion mishap, thanks to the weather.
For the first time since their title changes, Catherine, Princess of Wales (41) and the Queen Consort (75) were both spotted at the annual Commonwealth Day Service in Westminster Abbey on Monday. And as they made their way indoors, both ladies were seen gripping onto their hats to prevent them from being carried away by the wind. Naturally, both royals were quick with their reflexes and handled the situation like pros.
Princess Catherine, who donned a jacquard peplum jacket and a matching flared midi skirt, was seen clutching her blue headpiece with a smile, despite the windy conditions, and Camilla followed suit with her blue hat and matching wool crepe dress. Talk about a close call.
In addition to wearing matching colors, both ladies stepped out with meaningful jewelry. The princess wore sapphire earrings that belonged to the late Princess Diana, as well as a Prince of Wales feathers pin that was gifted to her from King Charles. And Camilla wore a sapphire and diamond brooch that was owned by Queen Elizabeth.
The princess attended the Commonwealth Day church service with her husband, Prince William, who wore a matching navy suit. Meanwhile, Camilla was joined by King Charles, who sported another shade of blue.
Prince Edward, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and Princess Anne were also in attendance.
Let's hope the wind takes it easy on the royals for future engagements.
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Morgan Freeman wore a stylish black glove at the Oscars to cover up a paralysed hand he damaged in an accident years ago.
The actor, 85, wore a long glove on his left hand as he took to the stage with actress Margot Robbie, 32, as the pair celebrated 100 years of Warner Bros.
At the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, the big winner was Everything Everywhere All at Once, which swept up seven awards on a landmark night.
The film, starring award winners Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis, won the prizes for best picture and best original screenplay.
Freeman, who won the award for best supporting actor in 2005 after his performance in Million Dollar Baby, damaged his hand in a 2008 car accident.
The Shawshank Redemption star was driving in the US state of Mississippi when his car flipped over and rolled several times, causing Freeman’s injuries.
Freeman had to be cut free from the vehicle but remained conscious throughout and apparently joked with photographers at the scene.
Doctors told the actor his condition would improve over the next three years, but the nerve damage remains extensive.
It was also revealed in a 2020 interview with Esquire magazine that he has suffered from ‘excruciating’ fibromyalgia ever since the crash.
At the time of the crash, he said: ‘I suffered nerve damage and it hasn’t gotten better. I can’t move it. But if I don’t move it, it will swell up.’
Since 2008, Freeman has spent the last 15 years wearing compression gloves in order to keep up the blood flow in his injured hand.
In recent months, the Bruce Almighty actor made headlines after making an unexpected appearance during the Qatar World Cup opening ceremony.
Reaction to his appearance was mixed.
At the Oscars on Sunday, Freeman’s co-star from the 2019 movie The Poison Rose, Brendan Fraser, walked away with his first ever best actor victory.
Fraser, 54, won the award for his performance in The Whale, alongside Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, marking his big return to Hollywood.
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But the bill's supporters say that it would not only address the national security fears about TikTok, but it would also give the Commerce Department new powers to counter any other tech product that poses a danger to the U.S.
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The legislation, the RESTRICT Act , introduced this week by Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD), would require Commerce to establish a new set of guidelines to "deter, disrupt, prevent, prohibit, investigate, or otherwise mitigate" the conduct of companies based in China, Russia, and North Korea. The guidelines only apply if the company has access to "sensitive personal data” of more than 1 million residents.
Once the guidelines were established, the Commerce secretary could regulate, limit, or outright ban a company that ran afoul of them.
"We need a comprehensive, risk-based approach that proactively tackles sources of potentially dangerous technology before they gain a foothold in America, so we aren't playing Whac-A-Mole and scrambling to catch up once they're already ubiquitous," Warner said in introducing the bill. The bill was released with a dozen co-sponsors and is expected to receive more, according to staff.
Still, the bill would not automatically ban TikTok.
That is a weakness, in the eyes of Rubio, who has written legislation that would more straightforwardly ban the app.
"The White House has the power to deal with TikTok," Rubio told Fox News's Brian Kilmeade on Thursday. "They don't want to do anything on TikTok. What this bill does is it gives them the ability to say, ‘Congress passed something, and it's bipartisan,’ and it gives the illusion of action, but it's not action."
The administration does have broad powers to regulate foreign-affiliated companies through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an intergovernmental agency that reviews transactions between foreign countries and U.S. citizens. TikTok has been working with CFIUS for the last 18 months to reach a negotiated set of terms for avoiding a ban.
But the backers say that the RESTRICT Act approach would be more efficient and, because it would focus on technologies and threats rather than individual companies, more flexible.
"Rather than naming companies and going after companies, this would create a set of standards through which a bunch of different technology companies could be evaluated," a staffer involved with the bill's drafting told the Washington Examiner. The specifics of the rules would be left to the Commerce Department to determine but could include questions about data transparency or security.
"The RESTRICT Act actually strengthens the federal government’s hand, creating a more robust backstop — such as an outright ban — if TikTok sought to challenge or refuse to comply with a divestiture order," Warner's staff told the Washington Examiner.
Keith Krach, the former undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, and the environment under President Donald Trump, said the legislation would build on the Trump administration's efforts to restrict TikTok via administrative action.
"Both sides of the aisle were asking for a global tech security strategy," Krach told the Washington Examiner. "They were asking for a playbook, which we delivered on."
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"We appreciate that some members of Congress remain willing to explore options for addressing national security concerns that don’t have the effect of censoring millions of Americans," TikTok spokeswoman Brooke Oberwetter told Forbes . "A U.S. ban on TikTok is a ban on the export of American culture and values to the billion-plus people who use our service worldwide.”
The future of the RESTRICT Act is unclear, but with bipartisan support and Biden's backing, it is the leading legislation at the moment. "Momentum is strong and continues to build rapidly every day. The legislation, as always, will have a few twists and turns," Krach said.
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