President Donald Trump was ready to let TikTok "go dark" — and that hardball stance forced China back to the negotiating table, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. But while Washington ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump was willing to let TikTok "go dark." The White House extended the divestiture deadline for TikTok parent company ByteDance to Dec. 16.

According to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, President Trump’s willingness to let TikTok “go dark” was the key factor in securing a deal for the app’s U.S. operations. This firm stance on national ...

A proposal to save TikTok from going dark in the United States would involve investments from a number of US-based venture capital firms, private equity funds and tech companies. Together, the ...

Trump administration officials on Monday talked up the TikTok deal that they’ve helped arrange and provided more details about the deal’s terms, but they continue to face some skepticism. Oracle Corp.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. AP President Trump on Friday touted his TikTok deal with ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said tech and media giants Larry Ellison, Michael Dell, and Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch will be a part of the group to take over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition ...

Since they wanna take food stamps away, I’m gonna go to f–king Walmart, grab anything I damn want, put that s–t right in the basket and walk right up out that ...

In a wide-ranging CNBC Squawk Box interview on Tuesday, Bessent pointed to the turning point: "President Trump made it clear that he would have been willing to let TikTok go dark, that we were not ...