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President Trump is planning to give TikTok another lifeline. With a mid-June deadline approaching and trade talks with China in limbo, Trump is expected to sign an executive order staving off enforcement of a law banning or forcing the sale of the app, according to people familiar with his plan. It would be the third extension since Trump took office in January. The current one expires June 19. The White House had been facilitating a deal for investors to take ownership of an American-operated TikTok, but it got tangled in Trump’s imposition of heavy tariffs on Chinese imports in early...

President Trump said in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" with Kristen Welker that he'd give TikTok relief if a deal isn't struck during the already extended timeframe. The big picture: Trump, who attempted to ban TikTok during his first term due to national security concerns, has pushed to keep the app alive in the U.S. despite bipartisan concerns about national security risks due to the app's ties to China. Driving the news: "Perhaps I shouldn't say this, but I have a little warm spot in my heart for TikTok," Trump said. Trump said he'd like to...

President Donald Trump is facing renewed pressure from Senate Democrats to work with Congress to legally extend a fast-approaching deadline that could determine the future of TikTok in the United States. Lawmakers argue that Trump's executive action delaying enforcement of a federal divestment order has raised legal concerns and deepened uncertainty for the app's 170 million U.S. users. With multiple bidders vying for control of TikTok's U.S. operations, the issue has become a political flashpoint just weeks before the ban could take effect. When Is Deadline for ByteDance to Sell TikTok? The deadline for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to divest...

TikTok is fighting back in its latest court filing in the battle over its future in the U.S., arguing that the law that could ban the app represents "the most sweeping speech restriction in the country's history." The court filing on Thursday is the latest salvo in TikTok’s lawsuit seeking to block a law from taking effect that would shutter the app’s American operations unless it divests from ByteDance, its China-based parent company. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for Sept. 16 before a federal appeals court in Washington where lawyers for TikTok will ask the court to halt...

Former President Donald Trump announced Saturday night that he has joined TikTok, even as many in his party criticize the popular app and call for its China-based parent company to divest. Trump’s first post on the platform was a 13-second video, which appeared to be filmed at the UFC event in New Jersey he attended Saturday. In the first shot, Trump is joined by UFC President Dana White, who announces, “The president is now on TikTok.” “It’s my honor,” Trump responds as the TikTok cuts to a montage of the former president greeting fans at the arena.

Whatever is going on in America’s education system is not working. Young people are discovering Osama bin Laden on TikTok and it’s sickening. How can it be that young Americans are so ignorant? Surely the events of 9/11/01 are taught in schools, I thought. That is not a given. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature have fixed that. Florida K-12 students will receive at least 45 minutes of instruction on the history and significance of that day. It will be covered in middle and high school public schools. Teachers are encouraged to use age-appropriate resources. The day...