The situation previews a series of looming clashes between Trump’s personal interests and lawmakers’ professed principles.

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton issued a stern warning for companies working with TikTok, shortly after breaking with president-elect Donald Trump on the embattled platform’s shutdown. “Any company that hosts,

Rep. Glenn Grothman was among the lawmakers who voted in favor of a bill requiring TikTok to divest its Chinese ownership.

He previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should be entitled to half of the app.

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

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?

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.

"There's no legal basis for any kind of 'extension'" to keep the popular social media app running, warned GOP Sens. Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts on Sunday.

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.

Millions of TikTok users may end up with a blank screen when they try to open the app tomorrow as the Chinese owners of the social media giant refuse to sell the company before the deadline. Former Virginia Rep.

While his party's leader has warmed to TikTok, Cotton emerged Sunday to oppose Trump on throwing a lifeline to a platform that has been categorized as spyware.