Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey is calling on President Joe Biden to delay a ban on TikTok that could go into effect in the coming days. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.

The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.

The Supreme Court said it may announce opinions on Friday, a last-minute addition that comes just two days before a law that would ban TikTok is set to go into effect.

With the TikTok ban set to hit the U.S. on Sunday, some government officials are working to avert it. Here's the latest.

The Supreme Court issued a major blow to freedom of expression online today by refusing to block legislation that will effectively

Markey introduced his "Extend the TikTok Deadline Act" bill on Wednesday, which would extend the deadline by 270 days. His legislative attempt to extend the deadline was thwarted by two Republicans, one of which being Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, calling TikTok a Chinese communist spy app.

Thousands of TikTok users have flocked to another Chinese social media application, RedNote, as the U S Supreme Court considers a case that could ban the platform in the United States over national

The Biden administration doesn't plan to take action that forces TikTok to immediately go dark for U.S. users on Sunday, an administration official told ABC News.

Sen. Ed Markey said he’s stressed to the Biden administration that “the serious hardship” and "unintended consequences” of a ban must be considered.

To many people, the TikTok ban saga might seem practically concluded. President Donald Trump signed an executive order refusing to enforce the law behind it, and after a brief shutdown, the service remains solidly online in the US.

John Paradis is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. He is a member of VoteVets, a home for progressive veterans, military families and their civilian supporters. He lives in Florence.

Here’s my summary of how such a cabinet could work. In Britain and in Canada and in other parliamentarian democracies, the opposition party has a shadow cabinet with cabinet members appointed with expertise in relevant portfolios and who can and will comment to the press.