Jul 20 ‘Papa Jake’ Larson, D-Day veteran and beloved TikTok storyteller, dies at 102 By Angela Charlton, Associated Press D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy's bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and his fallen comrades, has died at 102. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: Hurricane Erick touches down in southern Mexico In our news wrap Thursday, Hurricane Erick is making its way inland across southern Mexico, stifling heat stretches across much of the U.S., Spain rejected a NATO proposal that calls on member nations to commit more to defense spending, President… Continue watching
Jun 19 Trump signs new executive order delaying TikTok ban for third time By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press It is the third time Trump has extended the deadline. The first one was through an executive order on Jan. 20, his first day in office, after the platform went dark briefly when a national ban took effect. Continue reading
Jun 17 Trump suggests he’ll again extend deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell app By Associated Press Trump also said he thinks Xi would "ultimately approve" a deal to divest TikTok's business in the United States. Continue reading
Apr 04 Trump extends TikTok deadline another 75 days as search for a deal continues By Fatima Hussein, Sarah Parvini, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under… Continue reading
Apr 02 Amazon places last-minute bid for TikTok days before U.S. ban is set to take effect By Aamer Madhani, Sarah Parvini, Associated Press Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday. Continue reading
Apr 02 Why no one is challenging Trump’s executive order that keeps TikTok online in the U.S. By Sarah Parvini, Mark Sherman, Associated Press After TikTok was banned in the United States earlier this year, President Donald Trump gave the platform a reprieve, barreling past a law that was passed in Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court that said the ban was… Continue reading
Apr 01 With TikTok ban looming, Trump thinks deal will come before April 5 deadline By Sarah Parvini, Associated Press As the deadline to strike a deal over TikTok approaches this week, President Donald Trump has signaled that he is confident his administration can broker an agreement with ByteDance. Continue reading
Mar 11 Where things stand with TikTok less than a month before its next sale deadline By Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press After taking office, President Donald Trump gave TikTok a 75-day reprieve by signing an executive order that delayed enforcement of the statute until April 5. Continue reading
Jan 20 Trump signs executive order to suspend TikTok ban for 75 days to find U.S. buyer By Sally Ho, Associated Press Business leaders, lawmakers, legal scholars, and influencers who make money on TikTok are watching to see how Trump tries to resolve a thicket of regulatory, legal, financial and geopolitical issues with his signature. Continue reading