Trump just delayed the U.S.’s TikTok ban — again. Will he face a lawsuit?

Washington Watch

Ninety-day reprieve follows two earlier orders that directed the Justice Department not to enforce a U.S. ban on the app

Last Updated: June 19, 2025 at 12:05 p.m. ET
First Published: June 17, 2025 at 12:11 p.m. ET

President Donald Trump threw a lifeline to TikTok in January, and he did it again in April. The Trump White House has just staged a repeat performance. With the clock ticking down on his most recent extension, Trump signed an executive order on Thursday pushing the deadline out a further 90 days.

Trump has kept ordering the Justice Department not to enforce a bipartisan law that was intended to ban TikTok nationwide as of Jan. 19 as long as the video-sharing platform remains controlled by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd. Supporters of the law have argued that the popular app is a threat to national security and have raised data-privacy concerns.