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Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.

President Joe Biden's administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S. if a ban that's scheduled to go into effect on Sunday proceeds, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

"Americans shouldn't expect to see TikTok suddenly banned on Sunday," an administration official said, adding that officials are "exploring options" for how to implement the law so that TikTok does not go dark on Sunday. 

If the administration moves forward with any such plan, it would mean that the popular app going down would not define his last full day in office, and it would defer the issue to Donald Trump, who is inaugurated on Monday. 

At the same time, Mike Waltz, the incoming national security adviser for Trump, told Fox News Wednesday that the president-elect is ready to intervene to preserve access to the Chinese-owned video app in the American marketplace. And Pam Bondi, Trump's pick for attorney general, refused to commit to enforcing the ban when asked about it during her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Taken together, the moves represent parallel efforts by the rival presidents to execute an end run around Congress and the Supreme Court, which is teed up to issue a ruling on the ban at any time. 

Still, a White House official insisted that not enforcing the ban, if it is upheld, is not an option. 

 "We are not considering deferring enforcement," the official said. "Statutorily, we don't believe we have the authority to do that." 

Biden and Trump's positions are reversals from their one-time support for banning the app.

The Trump transition team did not respond to requests for comment on the plan.

TikTok is considering its options, including the last-ditch possibility that the app goes dark on

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