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Trump's Demand for US Cut of TikTok Deal Is Unprecedented

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's demand that the U.S. government get
   a cut from a potential Microsoft purchase of TikTok is the latest
   unprecedented scenario in an unprecedented situation.

   Microsoft is in talks to buy parts of TikTok, a forced sale after Trump
   threatened to ban the Chinese-owned video app, which claims 100 million
   U.S. users and hundreds of millions globally. The Trump administration
   says TikTok is a national-security concern.

   How a ban would have worked was not clear; that federal authority has
   never been used before with a consumer app. TikTok denies that it would
   send U.S. user data to the Chinese government.

   Microsoft did not address a potential price when it confirmed the
   talks.

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