Overview

• President Trump signed a third executive order postponing enforcement of the bipartisan divestiture law, extending the sell-or-ban deadline from June 19 to mid-September.
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the extra 90 days will be used to complete a sale that safeguards the data of TikTok’s 170 million U.S. users.
• Negotiations have been hampered by Trump’s tariffs on China and Beijing’s reluctance to approve a sale during ongoing trade disputes.
• Senators Josh Hawley, John Cornyn and other Republicans urged Trump to enforce the law without further delay, warning that repeated extensions erode Congress’s bipartisan mandate.
• The Supreme Court upheld the divestiture requirement as necessary to shield American user data from Chinese access, and critics say the ongoing reprieves undermine national security objectives.