D: 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 75 days,
Trump, 78, said in his first interview since reclaiming power that he was aware of security concerns about the platform, which has an estimated 170 million US users, but thought they were
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.
President Donald Trump notably called for a ban of TikTok during his first term due to national security concerns.
Donald Trump is now being hailed as TikTok's savior after he tried to ban the app during his White House first term.
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.
President Trump’s efforts to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the popular app, all while keeping it available to U.S. users despite Sunday’s ban, raise a slew of legal and
“I think we’re going to do things that people would be shocked at,” President Donald Trump declared on his second day in office. It was one of the few true things he said all week.
The Senate will vote today on John Ratcliffe's nomination to serve as director of the CIA. If senators approve his nomination, he will be the second member of Trump's team to be confirmed after Marco Rubio was sworn in as secretary of state earlier this week.
Prosecutors charged more than 1,580 people for alleged January 6-related actions and secured roughly 1,270 convictions. That means Trump said nearly everyone who has been charged with a crime related to the attack will be pardoned, essentially ending all January 6 cases.