Amazon has told the White House it is interested in buying TikTok ahead of a key deadline by which its parent company, China-based ByteDance, must either sell the popular social media app or face a ban in the U.

Amazon has made a last-minute bid to buy TikTok as the app nears an April 5 deadline to cut ties with its Chinese owner or face a U.S. ban, according to a New York Times article published on April 2.

However, key parties involved in negotiations on a potential TikTok sale “do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously,” according to The New York Times.

Lawyers for a Maryland man who was deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite an order protecting him from removal want to force the Trump administration to bring him back. Government lawyers have called the man’s deportation an “administrative error” but said there was little that could be done to force his return.

E-commerce giant Amazon put in a last-minute bid to buy TikTok days before the April 5 deadline for the company to find a non-Chinese buyer or shut down in the United States. President Donald Trump is still weighing his top choice as other suitors line up with offers,

Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to buy TikTok, a U.S. administration official said on Wednesday, just days ahead of a Saturday deadline for the short-form video app to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban.

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz – whose founder Marc Andreessen is close to Elon Musk – and bicoastal private equity firm Silver Lake are also said to have expressed

The White House really wants to get a deal to sell Chinese short-video app TikTok to a US company and remove all possibilities of the Mainland using it as a way to spy on Americans. Except, apparently, one Big Tech firm that Team Trump isn’t so keen on: Online retail giant Amazon, On The Money has learned

The White House has examined a menu of options to avert a TikTok ban deadline set for Saturday. One proposal — letting TikTok’s Chinese owner lease the algorithm to a TikTok spinoff in the U.S. — would probably face resistance from China hawks in Trump’s party.

Although it’s unclear if ByteDance plans to sell TikTok, several potential bidders have come forward in the past few months.

Amazon has made a last-minute bid to buy TikTok, which faces a US ban if not sold by its Chinese owner, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Reports are emerging that President Trump may have some news about a potential sale of TikTok. This comes as the world awaits Mr. Trump's announcement on tariffs. CBS News' Jo Ling Kent reports.

This Saturday is the deadline for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell the app’s U.S.operations or face a ban in the United States. CBS News has learned that Amazon has now put in a bid to buy TikTok.

Amazon is said to have placed a bid to acquire TikTok. The move comes as the video app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, faces a Saturday deadline to sell its U.S. operations or face a ban in the U.

President Donald Trump has floated tariff relief for China in exchange for the country’s approval of a deal to sell TikTok to a U.S. buyer. That proposal has predictably been panned by Democrats and Republicans alike.