On TikTok, Donald Trump keeps effectively saying, “I’ve decided that I’m not going to enforce federal law in this area for the next few months.”

The president signed an executive order​ Tuesday extending the pause on enforcing the law until at least Dec. 16.

In this photo illustration the US flag and stock market graph are shown on a computer screen against the TikTok logo displayed on a mobile phone as TikTok might be banned in the US in days - January 17, 2025. The ban of the US version of Chinese app is now ...

Following a provisional agreement in the dispute over a TikTok ban, Presidents Trump and Xi want to talk to each other. Details are still unclear at present.

One of Becerra’s challengers in the 2026 California governor's race, Katie Porter, has quickly established herself as a leading contender in the Democratic primary and has already built a sizable following on TikTok, with more than half a million followers, compared with about 200,000 followers on Instagram and 164,000 on Facebook.

The next few months could be the most consequential period for US constitutional law since the Roosevelt administration.