A group of Senate Democrats asked President Trump on Monday to disclose the administration's efforts to keep TikTok online and called for the White House to actively work with Congress to avoid another ban of the popular video-sharing app.

In a letter sent Monday, Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) urged Trump to pursue extending an April 5 deadline that would keep TikTok available if not deal is reached by that time.

"We have previously introduced legislation — the Extend the TikTok Deadline Act — that would extend the TikTok deadline to October 16, 2025, but Senate Republicans blocked passage of our bill," the lawmakers wrote. "If you need additional time to complete a deal, we urge you to direct Senate Republicans to pass our legislation and provide the companies with legal certainty to keep TikTok online and in the app stores over the next few months."

The lawmakers expressed concern with Trump's executive order in January, which gave TikTok's China-based company ByteDance an additional 75 days past the January 19 deadline to divest from the video-sharing app amid national security concerns.

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