President Donald Trump is abroad, but the government has been shut down for four weeks. His approval rating remains low and steady. See latest polls.

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It’s a matter of slow erosion rather than a sudden lurch, but the president’s assertion that his numbers are better than ever isn’t true.

Bitcoin dropped ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting due later today, as traders switched to a wait-and-watch mode. The total crypto market fell over 2% to $3.88 trillion, with the crypto fear and greed index showing no improvement from the previous day,

The world’s largest crypto fell 2.5% to $110,225.3 by 01:52 ET (05:52 GMT), having largely wiped out a rebound from last week. Bitcoin was also nursing losses for October, having struggled to recover from a flash crash at the beginning of the month.

China has agreed to keep rare earth exports flowing to the world as part of a one-year agreement, President Donald Trump said on Thursday shortly after meeting his counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea.