What to Know
President Donald Trump arrived this morning in Japan for his first meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.
A trade deal between the U.S. and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes meeting.
The USDA is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program contingency funding previously allocated by Congress if the government shutdown stretches into November.
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