Trump also has suggested that parties to the potential sale should pay a fee to the US government for facilitating the deal. In the lawsuit, TikTok said, "The President's demands for payments have no relationship to any conceivable national security concern."
Trump has also instructed current and former members of his administration not to testify or produce documents, leading senior officials like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to defy House subpoenas. Democrats say that behavior constitutes obstruction of Congress, forming the basis of the other impeachment charge.
Trump railed against a "caravan" of Central American migrants traveling from the Mexico-Guatemala border in the last 10 days toward the United States.
Trump and first lady Melania traveled to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada on a private visit to see patients and medical professionals there.
Trump's plan to add the question to the census ran into a roadblock two weeks ago when the Supreme Court ruled against the administration, which had said new data on citizenship would help to better enforce the Voting Rights Act, which protects minority rights. The court ruled, in considering the litigation by challengers, that that rationale was "contrived."
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Trump also called the lawsuit "ridiculous," adding that he loses a "fortune" by being president.
Trump toured devastated coastal communities by air, land and foot before he and the first lady helped hand out bottled water at a Federal Emergency Management Agency aid distribution center, where the needy signed up for temporary housing and picked up clothing, diapers, water and other supplies.
Trump has said he will leave it to his lawyers to decide whether to comply with the subpoena.
Trump's request to Zelenskiy that he investigate former US vice-president Joe Biden, a leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, and his son Hunter Biden, who had served on the board of a Ukrainian gas company, is the focus of the inquiry being conducted by the three panels.