President Trump says his administration needs time to assess the potential national security threats and find a solution.
President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that halts the ban on TikTok. But is TikTok actually "saved?"
Trump signed his first wave of executive orders around 7 p.m. Monday, after his swearing-in ceremony a parade, and before the inaugural balls.
President Trump signed an executive order giving more time for TikTok to work out a deal to prevent a ban in the U.S. A document posted on the
Measure directs Justice Department to not enforce the law for 75 days while administration determines “the appropriate course forward.”
President Trump's executive order pausing the TikTok ban for 75 days might not protect the app's technology partners from $850 billion in fines.
Trump also laid out on Truth Social what he thinks a “qualified divestiture” of TikTok by ByteDance could look like.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to pause the TikTok ban for 75 days. Trump's order says the attorney general "shall not take any action to enforce the Act" passed by Congress. That will give Trump's administration "an opportunity to determine the appropriate course of action."
As expected, Trump signed an order to implement the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a cost-cutting initiative led by Elon Musk. However, the newly created entity, which is not an official federal agency, has drawn at least four lawsuits from advocacy groups that accuse it of violating federal laws.
Donald Trump issued executive orders targeting immigrants, transgender Americans, the climate, and the Constitution.
By The Associated Press Donald Trump began his first day as the 47th president of the United States with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his