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The Trump administration is finalizing a deal that will see a majority-American investor consortium taking over TikTok's U.S. operations from ByteDance.

White House takes TikTok deal to Hill

News: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told House Democrats on a call this morning that rank-and-file members should be prepared to return to Washington Sept. 29 ahead of a potential government shutdown.

Speaker Mike Johnson and House GOP leaders are not planning to bring the chamber back into session until at least Oct. 1, which is after a possible government shutdown would begin.

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