72 Hours to go, TikTok ban sends Washington scrambling

As a historic TikTok ban looms, lawmakers are hunting for ways to save the app — sending Congress, the White House and possibly federal enforcers into unknown territory.

A group of Democrats on Capitol Hill, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have personally appealed to President Joe Biden’s White House to delay the Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok to divest from Beijing-based ByteDance or face a ban from U.S. app stores.