New York —  Four months after TikTok’s US assets were spun off into a new joint venture to avert a ban, Sen. Ed Markey says Americans still don’t have enough information about whether the deal addresses national security concerns related to the popular video app. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, on Friday sent letters to TikTok US and Oracle claiming the spin-off deal violated “the spirit, if not the letter” of a 2024 law meant to protect Americans on TikTok. The letters demand information about the group’s relationship to TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance. The letters could reignite lingering questions about the yearslong effort to secure TikTok’s future in the United States while protecting American users. CNN has reached out to TikTok and Oracle for comment. President Donald Trump, during his first term, vowed to ban the app. In 2024, then-President Joe Biden signed a law requiring that the US version of...

President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House on March 26. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters As US President Donald Trump is still withholding any announcement on whether a possible peace deal has been reached with Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told an international forum on Saturday that the “status as of right now is that any deal will be a good deal.” Yesterday, Trump met with advisers in the White House Situation Room, where they discussed a tentative agreement that would open the Strait of Hormuz and start nuclear talks with Iran. And in Tehran, there’s been little official reaction to the demands made by Trump on Friday for the tentative agreement. Catch up on other headlines here: Hegseth’s warning: The US military is ready to resume combat in the Gulf if required and is more strongly placed to do so than...

Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk said that the new budget for fiscal year 2026/2027 is designed to build an economy that is more capable of achieving strong and balanced growth, while also being more responsive to the needs of both citizens and investors. In a statement on Sunday, May 31, 2026, Kouchouk said LE 90 billion has been allocated in the new budget to expand programs supporting production, service and merchandise exports and entrepreneurship activities. He noted that LE 48 billion has been earmarked for export rebate programs, while nearly seven billion has been allocated to support the tourism sector. The minister added that six billion LE has been set aside in financing facilities for productive sectors to enhance Egypt’s industrial and agricultural capabilities. He also said that five billion LE has been allocated to support small business activities and entrepreneurship, in addition to another five billion LE to support...