Rep. Glenn Grothman was among the lawmakers who voted in favor of a bill requiring TikTok to divest its Chinese ownership.
The situation previews a series of looming clashes between Trump’s personal interests and lawmakers’ professed principles.
He previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should be entitled to half of the app.
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.
If Trump can upend the TikTok ban through secret deals and an impending executive order, what’s stopping him from doing the same to other valid federal laws?
ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism — and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds
The popular social media app went dark in the US on Saturday night but announced Sunday that it was "in the process" of getting back online.
The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump as he entered for the first time as
California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions that federal aid to wildfire victims comes with strings attached.
Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © AP PhotoTrump takes ‘America First’ to the world stage PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK HIS “AMERICA FIRST” DOCTRINE to the world
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.