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Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Sunday argued that a national TikTok ban would be like putting “a Band-Aid on maybe a small scab,” saying that lawmakers needed to focus on a broader data security bill. “To ban TikTok is to put a Band-Aid on maybe a small scab versus what’s happening in the whole social media landscape,” Bowman said in an interview with MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation.” “We need a national data privacy piece of legislation.” Bowman has been fighting back against a rising tide of bipartisan support for…

Johnson & Johnson JNJ 1.22% is a name familiar to generations of consumers for its baby powder, Band-Aid bandages and Tylenol medicines. The new home of those medicine-cabinet mainstays is known by practically no one. J&J said Wednesday that it would name the company that will house its consumer-health products Kenvue. The healthcare-products giant said last year that it would separate that unit, with $15 billion in annual…

President Biden is preparing to propose a three-month gas tax suspension to Congress, but at this point, it’s only a Band-Aid on a big open wound. The average gas price in the US is right now hovering at around $5 a gallon. It is putting a lot of pressure on lower-income people and families. The gas prices rising are coming amid broader inflation and the war in Ukraine affecting global energy markets. The Biden administration has been struggling to find a solution, and now they are reportedly going to propose a…

The current head of Johnson & Johnson’s consumer-health division will helm the business after J&J turns it into a stand-alone company. J&J said Wednesday it has named Thibaut Mongon as chief executive officer designate of the future consumer-health products company, which J&J plans to split off sometime in 2023. Mr. Mongon has more than 20 years of experience at J&J and has served as executive…