Live updates: Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to hold call on TikTok and trade

What to know today
TRUMP-XI CALL: President Donald Trump is holding a call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this morning to try to finalize a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States and discuss the trade war between the two countries. The call could set the stage for an in-person meeting between the two leaders.
HOUSE CR VOTE: The House is scheduled to vote today on a short-term spending bill in an attempt to avert a government shutdown at the end of this month. The measure would keep the government funded through Nov. 21.
VIRGINIA EARLY VOTING: Today is the first day of early voting in Virginia, which will hold statewide elections next year for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and its House of Delegates.
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Trump set to speak with China’s Xi to finalize TikTok deal
Reporting from Hong Kong
Trump is set to speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping today as they try to finalize a deal to keep popular short-video app TikTok operating in the United States.
The call, which China has not yet confirmed, is expected to take place around 9 a.m. ET. It will also focus on the ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies, and could set the stage for the leaders of the rival superpowers to hold their first in-person meeting since Trump returned to office.
Trump told Fox News on Thursday that the two sides were “very close to deals on all of it,” adding that his relationship with China is “very good” and “it sounds like they’ve approved TikTok.”
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