Trump, TikTok and GOP

GOP senators prep hardline approach to Trump's stance on China, TikTok: 'Shut it down'
GOP Senators are taking a hard line against TikTok and defying President Trump who wants to delay the app from getting banned with Sens. Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham leading the charge
GOP Senator Defies Trump On TikTok, Warns Companies Could Face Billions in ‘Ruinous Liability’ for Helping to Restore App
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) emerged as a key figure Sunday to stand up to President-elect Donald Trump on the latter’s vow to “save” TikTok from being banned in the US after its Chinese-owned parent company declined to divest from the video-sharing app in time to comply with US law.
Opinion
Trump vows to save TikTok as two GOP senators dig in on ban
President-elect Donald Trump promised to extend the deadline on the law that temporarily shut down the social media app over the weekend.
GOP Lawmakers Break With Trump on TikTok as He Steps in to Save App
Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to issue an executive order extending ByteDance’s chance to sell TikTok before a national ban, multiple Republican lawmakers seemed to relish in the app’s shutdown.
U.S. Senate GOP blocks lifeline for TikTok, though CEO will sit with Trump at inaugural
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed Republicans Thursday for blocking a last-ditch effort to extend TikTok’s lifespan in the U.S.
Republicans Come Out Against Donald Trump's TikTok 'Extension' Plan
Senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said "there's no legal basis" for an extension to keep the social media platform online.
Arkansas Times1d
Cotton at odds with Trump over extension for TikTok sale
TikTok is owned by ByteDance, which many Republicans, including Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders, have decried as having ...
Two GOP senators optimistic about Hegseth's chances of being confirmed as SecDef: 'Without question'
Pete Hegseth, military analyst at Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. and US secretary of defense nominee for US President-elect ...
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton reacts to TikTok's return in post on X
Shortly after service was restored, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) expressed his thoughts on the return on X, sharing TikTok ...
New Republic2dOpinion
Trump’s Latest Major Decision Is Already Infuriating MAGA
Trump is expected to sign dozens of executive orders after he’s sworn in around noon on Monday. They will focus on ...
News 12 Networks1d
TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order
It was not immediately clear whether TikTok was working as it did before the company instituted a blackout late Saturday.
KTVZ1d
TikTok had an incredibly wild whirlwind of a weekend
The extraordinary developments for one of America’s most popular social media apps over this weekend will be one for the history books. The banning — and unbanning — of TikTok involved actions from a ...
New Republic21hOpinion
Melania Trump One-Ups Her Husband With Crypto Grift of Her Own
Melania Trump’s meme cryptocurrency launched Sunday night, skyrocketing in value and netting her a tidy profit only hours ...