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 ...

Seeking Alpha's roundup of statements, announcements and remarks that could impact the technology sector. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Trump's willingness to allow TikTok to go ...

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 ...

After nine months of waiting, a TikTok sale may be just around the corner. President Donald Trump hinted in a Truth Social post on Sept. 15 that the United States and China have reached a deal to ...

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 ...