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President Trump has signed an executive order saying video sharing app TikTok can continue operating in the U.S.

President Biden signed a bill last year calling for TikTok's Chinese owner,

Bite Dance, to sell its assets or face a nationwide ban. Trump's order declares that a proposed

deal to sell the company meets national security concerns laid out by the law. Much is still

unknown about the actual arrangement, but Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping, quote,

gave us the go-ahead to proceed with the deal.

Five days before federal agencies run out of money, a Trump administration memo threatening mass

layoffs is increasing the prospects of a shutdown. NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports.

The Office of Management and Budget released a memo, indicating if the government shuts down next week, it will fire some federal workers instead of putting them on unpaid leave.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says OMB has already been engaging in what he called mass firings throughout the year, and Democrats will continue to pursue legal challenges.

His message to OMB Chief Russ vote was get lost.

We will not be intimidated by these threats coming from the most extreme parts of the Trump administration.

President Trump called Democrats' demands to address health care costs as part of a funding deal

on serious and says they

will be blamed for a shutdown. There are no talks and no clear path to avoid a shutdown that could

start October 1st. Deirdre Welsh, NPR News, the Capitol. Federal officials have identified the man

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