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 meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan this morning. The leaders are 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 fighter and Boeing aircraft. * Trump is also expected to meet this afternoon with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after the two countries reached a trade agreement in July. * 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

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