TikTok's deadline to sell the app's US operations is looming, and the app that is used by one-third of Americans could be banned.

TikTok has been painted as a national security threat to the U.S. by many American lawmakers because of its ownership by China's ByteDance.

The White House has examined a menu of options to avert a TikTok ban deadline set for Saturday. One proposal — letting TikTok’s Chinese owner lease the algorithm to a TikTok spinoff in the U.S. — would probably face resistance from China hawks in Trump’s party.

TikTok, which had been facing a Saturday deadline for a deal, now has another 75 days to find a new owner to comply with a federal law that requires it to change its structure to resolve national security concerns. That puts the new deadline for a deal in mid-June.

TikTok gets another last-minute reprieve ahead of an April 5 deadline to sell itself or face a nationwide ban in the U.S.

President Donald Trump says he's 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 American ownership.

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will again delay enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 75 days, as his staff continues to work on a deal to preserve access to the app in the United States.

President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to sell the app to an American buyer or have the platform shut down in the U.S. "My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday considered a strategy to avert a TikTok ban scheduled to take effect Saturday.