Congressional leaders who championed the TikTok bill last year in the U.S. now want to delay the ban on the popular app from going into effect.

Nearly 200 House Republicans and over 30 Senate Republicans voted to ban TikTok last year if it did not sell its U.S. operations.

Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., told a CNN reporter Monday he believes President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has a path to the 50 required votes for Senate confirmation.

DeepSeek, the Chinese-owned ChatGPT rival, could pose the same national security concerns that Congress has about TikTok, Philip Elliott writes.

President Donald Trump left no doubt regarding his about-face on banning TikTok when he invited the social media app’s CEO to his inauguration, where Shou Zi Chew sat next to the nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, in the Capitol Rotunda.

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

Republican Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Pete Ricketts of Nebraska spoke out against President-elect Donald Trump's TikTok "extension" plan on Sunday. Newsweek reached out to Trump's ...

President Donald Trump signaled Saturday a deal could be underway soon to "save" TikTok from a looming ban, and Republican state attorneys general – many skeptical of the app's security – are ...

President Trump’s plan to save TikTok is putting him at a crossroads with some Republicans as questions mount over the legality of delaying a ban on the popular video-sharing app. Trump said

In March 2023, 50% of U.S. adults supported banning TikTok, but that fell to 32% in summer 2024, Pew Research Center found. Republicans poll respondents supported banning the app more than Democrats did, but their ban support also declined over the time.

He said he’s pushing for more time to facilitate a sale to keep TikTok alive for Americans, but “the Republicans are blocking my legislation here to provide for more time.” When lawmakers ...

WASHINGTON — In the middle of a fiercely fought presidential campaign last year, Democratic and Republican lawmakers banded together to pass a bill that could lead to the ban of the popular social media app TikTok in the United States. President Joe ...