Trump Extends TikTok Sale Deadline by 75 Days 

President Donald Trump has granted a 75-day extension to the deadline for the sale of TikTok, which was originally told to sell to a non-Chinese company by April 5, 2025, or face a ban in the US. 

The Details: ByteDance, which owns TikTok, was mandated to find a buyer for the app or face a ban under a law passed in 2024, citing national security concerns over China having access to the data of American users. Trump's extension averts potential disruption to the app, which has over 170 million US users.

What's Next: Trump said, "My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we have made tremendous progress. The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed, which is why I am signing an Executive Order to keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days." CBS News (Lean Left) reported the administration's deal may include Oracle, Blackstone, blue-chip private equity firms, and venture capital firms. NBC News (Lean Left) said bidders included, " Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, who joined billionaire investor Frank McCourt’s bid; artificial intelligence search engine startup Perplexity AI; and former Trump administration Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin," as well as Amazon and AppLovin.

How The Media Covered It: Axios (Lean Left bias) said, "Trump successfully brushed off a law passed by Congress, which had required the ban to take effect months earlier, despite bipartisan consensus about national security risks...Trump gave ByteDance and TikTok a 75-day extension to April 5 via executive order, even though he didn't have legal authority to do so." Outlets on the right focused more on Trump's comments that a deal was in progress. 

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