TikTok went dark for around 14 hours on Jan. 18 after the app lost an appeal to the Supreme Court that challenged Joe Biden’s divest-or-ban law. Biden signed a bill into law in 2024 requiring ByteDance to either sell TikTok’s controlling interest to a non-Chinese owner or get banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19.

Amazon has put in a last-minute bid for TikTok’s US business as Donald Trump seeks to broker a deal to sell the app before a Saturday deadline.

New bidders have surfaced for a TikTok acquisition, including Jeff Bezos of Amazon and OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely.

Lawyers for a Maryland man who was deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite an order protecting him from removal want to force the Trump administration to bring him back. Government lawyers have called the man’s deportation an “administrative error” but said there was little that could be done to force his return.

Amazon has made a last-minute bid to buy TikTok, which faces a US ban if not sold by its Chinese owner, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Amazon.com Inc. submitted a bid to the White House to purchase the social video app TikTok from its Chinese owners, according to a person familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would consider a deal for TikTok where China approves the sale of the short video app in exchange for relief from U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump said that a deal is close on Tiktok,

This Saturday is the deadline for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell the app’s U.S.operations or face a ban in the United States. CBS News has learned that Amazon has now put in a bid to buy TikTok.

E-commerce giant Amazon put in a last-minute bid to buy TikTok days before the April 5 deadline for the company to find a non-Chinese buyer or shut down in the United States. President Donald Trump is still weighing his top choice as other suitors line up with offers,

Trump has proposed the creation of "TikTok America", a new entity that would split ownership of the app between US investors, existing ByteDance investors, and ByteDance itself.

While the deal is still in early discussions and subject to change, it comes just days before a US-set April 5 deadline.

U.S. President Donald Trump intends to announce later on Wednesday plans for a new company to be known as TikTok America, as part of his