The move is being taken for "national security" reasons on the orders of President Trump.

The president threatened to “strongly regulate, or close them down” on Wednesday. President Trump signed a retaliatory executive order on Thursday after vowing to take “big action” against Twitter. Read Full Story

'Bloomberg' reports the president plans to order China's ByteDance to sell TikTok in the U.S.

Under the order, U.S. app stores, credit card companies and software providers would all likely be prohibited from working with the popular video-sharing app.

In just weeks, the order has undermined the work of diversity and inclusion consultants—just as many companies were committing to racial equity work. When President Trump issued an executive order in late September that took aim at diversity and inclusion training, McKensie Mack wasn’t surprised. The executive order effectively barred federal agencies, contractors, and grant recipients from conducting any trainings that might promote “divisive concepts”—suggesting the U.S. is “fundamentally racist or sexist,” for example—or “race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating,” which could encompass anything from white privilege to unconscious bias. Read Full Story

‘The Fight’ showcases the work of several ACLU attorneys as they attempt to curb Trump’s policies in the name of civil liberties for all. Not long after he took office in 2017, Donald Trump issued a travel ban targeting seven predominately Muslim countries. The order drew sharp criticism as well as immediate chaos when travelers from the targeted countries were detained across several airports. Read Full Story

The Trump administration has sought to ban the Chinese-owned company or force the sale of its US operations. TikTok is suing the Trump administration over an executive order seeking to ban the Chinese-owned video platform in the United States, saying in a blog post that it is unconstitutionally being denied due process even as it has sought to work with the federal government. Read Full Story

Though he claimed his executive order would keep people in their homes, it doesn’t actually say that. Over the next several months, as the coronavirus outbreak drags on, between 30 and 40 million Americans may face eviction. Trump’s new executive order on housing, on its own, won’t change that: Though the president had talked about an eviction moratorium, all the new action does is ask officials to “consider” an actual ban. Read Full Story

An executive order by President Trump targets publicly traded firms thought to have ties to China’s military. Three Chinese stocks are getting booted from the New York Stock Exchange due to an executive order by President Donald Trump that prohibits Americans from investing in companies believed to have ties to the Chinese military. Read Full Story

The ban is seen as an extension of Trump’s sweeping effort to limit immigration both before and during the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, President Trump signed an order temporarily suspending employment-based visas for foreigners through the end of the year. The ban includes the H-1B visa for highly skilled workers, and is seen as an extension of Trump’s sweeping effort to limit immigration both before and during the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Story