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Trump Weighs Executive Order to Save TikTok

The Information · Kaya Yurieff · last updated

Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once he is president that would suspend the enforcement of the U.S. law that could ban TikTok for 60 to 90 days, The Washington Post reported.

But lawyers told the Post that a presidential executive order can’t overturn a law passed by …

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