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Here is your morning brief for Friday, September 19th. I'm Kate Bollivan for the Wall Street Journal.

President Trump is once again looking to revive US manufacturing, this time with the help of a $550 billion Japanese investment fund.

According to documents and people familiar with the discussion, the plan to spur

domestic factory construction would give priority to sectors such as semiconductors, pharmaceuticals,

critical minerals, energy, ships and quantum computing. The details of how the program would be

implemented are still being ironed out, and those with direct knowledge of the negotiations cautioned that the plans could change.

On Capitol Hill, House lawmakers are set to vote on a short-term spending bill

that would fund the government through mid-November.

Democratic leaders are adamantly opposed and are threatening a government shutdown if Republicans

don't let them have a say on the measure with some democratic support needed to get the bill

over the line. If it does, the bill moves on to the Senate for a vote later. However, neither side

shows signs of budging, despite the desire to avert a looming government

shutdown on October 1st.

And President Trump has said that broadcast networks that are against him might have

their licenses taken away by the FCC.

It comes after Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely, following remarks about the

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