The situation previews a series of looming clashes between Trump’s personal interests and lawmakers’ professed principles.

President-elect Donald Trump promised to extend the deadline on the law that temporarily shut down the social media app over the weekend.

He previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should be entitled to half of the app.

Millions of TikTok users may end up with a blank screen when they try to open the app tomorrow as the Chinese owners of the social media giant refuse to sell the company before the deadline. Former Virginia Rep.

ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism — and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds

In a statement, senators disputed President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day extension to bring the app back.

If Trump can upend the TikTok ban through secret deals and an impending executive order, what’s stopping him from doing the same to other valid federal laws?

The popular social media app went dark in the US on Saturday night but announced Sunday that it was "in the process" of getting back online.

Trump's most recent plan for TikTok centers on demands that the United States be given a 50% ownership position in the app under any proposed deal.

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton issued a stern warning for companies working with TikTok, shortly after breaking with president-elect Donald Trump on the embattled platform’s shutdown. “Any company that hosts,

Rep. Glenn Grothman was among the lawmakers who voted in favor of a bill requiring TikTok to divest its Chinese ownership.