What to Know

  • President 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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