TikTok users in the U.S. may get a reprieve from the threat of a shutdown after the Trump administration announced it has reached a framework deal with China for the ownership of popular social video platform. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would speak Friday to possibly finalize the deal. He said the objective of the deal would be to switch to U.S. ownership. Little is known about the actual deal in the works, including what companies are involved and whether the U.S. would have a stake in TikTok.
As President Donald Trump asserts more unilateral authority, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that his department will take over managing Union Station from Amtrak. Meanwhile, lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia who are facing Trump’s hardline immigration agenda told a federal judge on Wednesday that the persecution and torture he might face if deported to Uganda supports his efforts to obtain U.S. asylum. As Trump seeks to expand deployments of the National Guard in Democrat-led cities and states, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows handling crime is now a relative strength for the president.