New Delhi, June 19 -- US President Donald Trump has once again signed an executive order granting TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a national ban, giving his administration more time to secure a deal that would place the Chinese-owned social media platform under American ownership. This marks the third such extension by the President since taking office.

Trump's latest executive order, signed Thursday, follows two previous efforts to postpone the ban. The first came on January 20, his first day back in office, when TikTok briefly went dark after a national ban-enacted by Congress and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court-took effect. A second extension was issued in April, when White House officials were reportedly close to finalizing a deal to ...