TikTok CEO Shou Chew plans to attend President-elect Trump's rally tonight in Washington, according to two people familiar with the event. Trump told ABC News in an interview Saturday that he's likely to grant TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban in the U.S. The ban began to take place on Sunday morning.
Even if temporary, the unprecedented shutdown of TikTok will have an impact on U.S.-China relations, domestic politics, the social-media marketplace and millions of Americans who depend on the app.
No matter what TikTok says in its laudatory pop-up messages, President-elect Donald Trump cannot simply declare an extension of the TikTok ban deadline and protect American companies that support it from billions of dollars in fines.
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday, Jan. 17, to uphold a law that would ban the app for the 170 million people who use the app in the U.S. The ruling lines up with decisions other courts have made and sets up the ban to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19.
Live cold open saw James Austin Johnson returning as Donald Trump, two days before the inauguration, this time talking about the TikTok ban. About an hour before the show aired, TikTok went dark as a new U.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew plans to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday as the company confronts a new law with a looming deadline requiring it to sell to a non-Chinese firm or stop operating in the United States, according to a source with knowledge of the inauguration plans.
California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla said he will attend the 47th presidential inauguration on Monday in which President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office for his second term. “I do plan to be there. Of course,” he told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl.
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday clarified his stance on TikTok, writing in a post on Truth Social that he’d like to bring the app back online in the U.S. as soon as possible, even if there’s no deal yet for a U.
The stock market rallied into Donald Trump's inauguration as president. New $TRUMP meme coin surged while TikTok says it will restore service.
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