While Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, many of his Republican allies have urged the opposite.

President-elect Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court to pause a controversial ban on TikTok that is set to take effect next month, telling the justices in a legal filing Friday that a delay would allow his administration to “pursue a negotiated resolution.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.

On Friday, Dec. 27, Trump submitted a legal filing asking for a delay so that his administration could "pursue a negotiated resolution" to the TikTok ban. Trump's filing is in direct competition with the Biden administration, who wrote in a briefing on Friday that TikTok poses a "grave" threat to national security.

President-elect Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to halt the Jan. 19 TikTok ban if parent company ByteDance fails to sell the platform.

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Friday in a case over the future of social media giant TikTok in the United States, a challenge that experts say also could affect the power of Congress to regulate social media.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court late on Friday to reject President-elect Donald Trump's request to delay implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale by Jan.

The high court will hear oral arguments in TikTok's case on Friday, just before the ban is slated to go into effect.

What Are The Arguments For Banning Tiktok? The federal government emphasized in its brief to the Supreme Court the “grave national security threats” it believes keeping TikTok