Washington — President Trump on Thursday is expected to sign a deal brokered by his administration to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., according to a White House official.

On Monday, a senior White House official said Mr. Trump would declare that the deal is a "qualified divestiture" and satisfies a law passed by Congress that requires TikTok's parent company to divest or face a ban. The declaration is expected to come in Mr. Trump's fifth executive order pushing back enforcement of the bipartisan law by 120 days to allow for an agreement on how the app operates in the U.S. to be finalized.

Under the law, TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance must sever ties with TikTok or lose access to U.S. app stores and web-hosting services. Earlier this month, the president extend

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