What to KnowPresident Donald Trump is expected to sign a deal today to facilitate the sale of China-based TikTok to a group of U.S. investors, two senior White House officials said.Trump is expected to discuss lifting the U.S. hold on the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, as well as the purchase of other fighters and Boeing aircraft, when he meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this morning. Trump is demanding the U.N. investigate what he is now calling a “triple sabotage” at the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week, including the unexpected halting of an escalator just as he and first lady Melania Trump were stepping on.The White House is raising the stakes of a potential government shutdown by drafting a request for federal agencies to prepare “reduction in force” plans in the event that Congress doesn’t pass a spending bill before Oct. 1.
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