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TikTok has returned to the Apple and Google app stores.

Videos circulating on TikTok capture pilots and crew members comforting passengers who have become more fearful of flying after two back-to-back crashes in January.

The vice president has been asked to lead White House efforts to broker a deal that would keep the popular video app accessible to U.S. users.

The fund would serve as an economic development tool and perhaps be used to buy TikTok.

TP-Link routers, among Amazon best sellers and according to some estimates up to 65% of the U.S. market, are on the radar of the U.S. government.

After stepping in to restore TikTok in the U.S. and delaying a law that would effectively ban the app, Trump is looking for avenues to keep the popular platform afloat. 

YouTuber MrBeast, X owner Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison are names that have floated around in the past week.

After briefly going dark in the U.S., TikTok is back online following an executive order. That’s not good for young users, says NYU psychologist Jonathan Haidt.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that gives TikTok a 75-day extension during which the United States will not enforce the law meant to force the app’s owner to sell the company.

Bay Area content creators say they feel uneasy about how TikTok’s uncertain future will impact their businesses.

American star Coco Gauff mourned the loss of TikTok, writing “RIP TikTok USA” on a TV camera lens and drawing a broken heart after winning a match at the Australian Open.

TikTok said Sunday that it would be restoring service to U.S. users after blocking it the evening before.

In a statement, senators disputed President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day extension to bring the app back.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump also laid out his vision for what a qualified divestiture of TikTok by ByteDance could look like.

TikTok users are being told the app is not currently available as the government’s ban is set to go into effect Jan. 19.

The clock is ticking on TikTok, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is pushing for the White House to reach a deal that keeps the app open beyond Sunday, when a new law goes into effect. Here’s what he told NBC10 Boston....

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Trump spoke to NBC News’ Kristen Welker in an exclusive phone interview Saturday, discussing his plans on what to do about the popular social media app.

Following a new statement from TikTok, users are bracing for the app to go dark on Sunday. Here’s how we got to this position and what’s next. 

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Ahead of the expected TikTok ban, creators on the app posted heartfelt goodbyes this week to their fans. 

TikTok confirmed that it plans to go dark Sunday unless it’s given more clarity from the Biden administration and the Department of Justice regarding the ban.