The material includes information on non-related people and phone records, and Russian businessmen possibly associated with the Trump administration, according to a court document.

The initiative has been accused of racial bias. The new plan includes China along with other U.S. adversaries.

The Trump administration's actions against the two companies should be reviewed as part of a more "comprehensive strategy" on Chinese use of U.S. data and intellectual property, the White House said.

Barkat Ventures has a low profile outside Iran.

The reckoning is just beginning.

The reversal is bound to cause some whiplash.