Trump Extends Deadline for a TikTok Deal
The app was facing a Saturday deadline to change its ownership or face a ban in the United States.
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The app was facing a Saturday deadline to change its ownership or face a ban in the United States.
The video app is barreling toward a Saturday deadline to change its ownership under federal law or face a ban in the United States.
The co-founder of Oracle and friend of President Trump, who was a flamboyant fixture in the 1990s, has returned to the spotlight through — of all things — TikTok.
Down-ballot races in Florida and Wisconsin are seen as a referendum on the White House, while the president’s to-be-announced reciprocal tariff plan is increasingly worrying investors and consumers.
Through a flurry of orders, the new president quickly began driving the country in a different direction on many contentious issues.
President Trump made major policy moves immediately after taking office, withdrawing from major international agreements, promising steep tariffs and pardoning nearly all of the Jan. 6 rioters.
Shortly after taking office Monday, the president issued the order to delay the app’s ban by at least 75 days. The law went into effect on Sunday.
The ego-stroking message to the man who once famously declared, “I Alone Can Fix It,” was clear.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices.
A unanimous Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that effectively bans the wildly popular app TikTok in the United States starting on Sunday, Jan. 19. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, explains how free speech and national security collided in this decision.