President Donald Trump notably called for a ban of TikTok during his first term due to national security concerns.
Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office to sign a series of pardons and executive orders, including his promise to delay implementation of a law restricting TikTok. The order delays implementation of a law for 90 days,
In addition to granting this power broadly, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act specifically called out TikTok and its parent company ByteDance. It gave ByteDance until January 19, 2025, to divest of TikTok or face a ban.
On Monday evening, Trump took to the Oval Office to sign a stack of executive orders during one of his first acts as president. Among them was a measure to keep TikTok operational for another 75 days, saving it from immediately being banned under a law passed last year prohibiting the app because it is owned by a Chinese company.
Donald Trump is now being hailed as TikTok's savior after he tried to ban the app during his White House first term.
Supporters of the TikTok ban may sue the Trump administration over its apparent refusal to faithfully execute a measure enshrined in U.S. law, experts said. In fact, most analysts who spoke to ABC News said such a court challenge is likely to be filed.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to postpone a law that would have banned TikTok from operating in the United States.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.
US President Donald Trump discusses the ban on TikTok while signing executive orders in the Oval Office on his first day in office “The US should be entitled to get half of TikTok, and congratulations,
President Donald Trump has taken the first steps toward enacting his sweeping agenda with a series of executive actions that are expected to kickstart his promised transformation of the federal government.
Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.