The Capitol Hill Republicans who pushed aggressively to ban TikTok have gone almost totally silent on President Donald Trump’s unilateral decision not to enforce the ban. Asked directly by POLITICO about Trump’s executive order to grant TikTok a reprieve in defiance of the law passed by Congress,

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

GOP Senators are taking a hard line against TikTok and defying President Trump who wants to delay the app from getting banned with Sens. Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham leading the charge

President-elect Donald Trump promised to extend the deadline on the law that temporarily shut down the social media app over the weekend.

U.S. Senate GOP blocks lifeline for TikTok, though CEO will sit on dais at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration

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

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?

"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.

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

The popular social media app went dark in the US on Saturday night but announced Sunday that it was "in the process" of getting back online.