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President Donald Trump shows the signed bill package to re-open the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2025. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP hide caption toggle caption BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP President Trump has signed a bill to fund the government, bringing a close to the longest government shutdown in history, one that saw millions of Americans affected and ended with little political gain. The bill passed Wednesday night despite Republicans’ narrow margin in the House. Six Democrats joined their Republican colleagues to get the bill over the finish line 43 days after the shutdown began: Reps.…

November 12, 2025 We join you in celebrating the election of Zohran Mamdani. Ad Policy Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, arrives at an election night event at the Paramount Theater in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.(Adam Gray / Getty Images) We join the world in celebrating your election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor. Congratulations! So many of you showed up and showed out. Some of you have been building toward this victory for decades—organizing, talking with your folk, and building the trust they needed to believe their voice mattered. Regardless of…

President Trump’s name appears in convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s correspondence released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three new emails Wednesday morning from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that mention President Trump, raising new questions about the extent of their relationship. Republicans on the House Oversight Committee later Wednesday released the latest set of more than 20,000 documents that include emails from Epstein frequently expressing displeasure with Trump and his presidency, financial market reports and court documents…

November 12, 2025 New e-mails show Trump knew of Epstein’s trafficking. As sickening as it is, it should be no surprise. Ad Policy Real estate developer (and future US president) Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000.(Davidoff Studios / Getty Images) There’s a sickening sense of recognition attending the release from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee of a new cache of e-mails from Jeffrey Epstein and his associates indicating…

The Trump administration is directing immigration officers to consider some chronic health conditions like diabetes in deciding whether to issue visas to immigrants. CHRIS DELMAS/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption CHRIS DELMAS/AFP/Getty Images Foreigners seeking visas to live in the U.S. might be rejected if they have certain medical conditions, including diabetes or obesity, under a directive issued last week by the Trump administration. The guidance, issued in a cable the State Department sent to embassy and consular officials and examined by KFF Health News, directs visa officers to deem applicants ineligible to enter the U.S. for several new reasons,…

Comment / November 12, 2025 We need to look not at what it will take to win the next election, but what it’ll take to win the next 10 elections. Ad Policy This is probably not going to be enough.(Mark Kerrison / Getty) This article appears in the December 2025 issue, with the headline “Beyond Marching.” On Saturday, October 18, more than 7 million people took to the streets in thousands of events across the country, proudly declaring that we have no kings in America. Aerial camera shots of throngs of people marching down the streets of Chicago, New York,…

Moderate Democrats made a political calculation to end the shutdown but try to keep health care in the spotlight. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Senate approved legislation to reopen the government last night. The House is expected to vote on the package as early as tomorrow evening. But most Democrats are criticizing the deal for not delivering on their key demand, the renewal of expiring health care subsidies. NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh joins us now from the Capitol. Hi, Deirdre.DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa.CHANG: OK, so for weeks now, we’ve been hearing about what the Democrats have been demanding, and…

Over a year after Diron Kelly faced down the judge at his eviction hearing, he still remembered her question: “How did you get to court?”He could have told her about the company that bought Conrad at Concord Mills, the Charlotte, North Carolina, apartment complex where he lived, in March 2022—the one that Kelly says installed a slew of “gadgets” he didn’t need before raising his rent by nearly $400 a month. He could have told her about the eviction notices that the company kept filing against him—the ones that came, he says, with an onslaught of fees that virtually guaranteed…

A cashier scans groceries, including produce, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), at a grocery store in Baltimore on Monday. Stephanie Scarbrough/AP hide caption toggle caption Stephanie Scarbrough/AP The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume. The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed their families in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received…

Politics / November 11, 2025 Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic. Ad Policy Senator Tim Kaine, one of eight Democrats who voted to end the shutdow, speaks to members of the media on November 10, 2025.(Aaron Schwartz / Bloomberg via Getty Images) There were only ever two ways the government shutdown was going to end. Option one was for Democrats to cave in and give Trump and the Republicans everything they wanted. Option two was for the Republicans to kill the filibuster and…