The U.S. government and TikTok will go head-to-head in federal court on Monday as oral arguments begin in a consequential legal case that will determine the future of TikTok in the country.

TikTok faced pushback in a federal court on Monday in its efforts to stop a law that requires the app to divest from its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the United States.TikTok has until January to find a buyer or face the ban,

President Biden signed legislation that could ban TikTok into law in April, teeing up a countdown for the video-sharing app's sale.

In a historically unusual targeting of a single company for its Chinese ties, the TikTok law passed in April with a wave of support from both Democrats and Republicans before bein