TikTok Ban: Trump Extends Deadline Again

President Donald Trump is giving TikTok more time to sell its US operations, saying that "tremendous progress" has been made toward a deal and pushing off enforcement of a ban that was set to kick in Saturday. in a Friday afternoon post on his Truth Social account, Trump said that despite that progress, the deal still needs more work, so he's signing an executive order giving TikTok 75 more days. The move prevents the wildly popular video app from potentially going dark in less than a day. Trump went on to say that his administration will continue to work with China and credited the tariffs he enacted earlier this week, calling them "the most powerful economic tool" and "very important" to national security. "We do not want TikTok to 'go dark,'" Trump said in his post. "We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the Deal." The delay wasn't unexpected. Several potential bidders for TikTok's US operations have made their interest known in just the past few days and Tru ... Read full article.