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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise chat while on their way to talk with reporters after the vote to re-open the government on Nov. 12. Johnson sent members home after they voted on a continuing resolution to fund the government in mid-September. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images/AFP After narrowly approving a stopgap funding bill to end the government shutdown last night, the House of Representatives adjourned for the remainder of the week – marking one full day in session after being out for 54…

Politics / November 13, 2025 And Republicans are running scared. Ad Policy Representative Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, was sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson seven weeks after her election.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) After waiting 50 days to be sworn in as an Arizona Congress member, Representative Adelita Grijalva wasted no time playing nice with GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson. Asked by a reporter why there was such a long wait after her special election (to fill her late father Raul Grijalva’s seat), she smiled demurely, said, “It’s not my question”—and pointed to Johnson. “Look, I really like…

A flight takes off from Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, with the U.S. Capitol in view. The federal government reopened Wednesday, but some of the impacts will be felt longer. Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is officially over after President Trump signed a bill passed by Congress on Wednesday night. The federal government is reopening. But after 43 days on pause, things may not return to business as usual right away. For instance, federal workers are still awaiting backpay and…

Cultural Contradictions / November 13, 2025 After fumbling the cause of DC statehood, Democrats now appear helpless as Trump sends troops into the city. Ad Policy Thousands of demonstrators march during the “We Are All DC” March in September 2025 in Washington, DC.(Mehmet Eser /Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) This article appears in the December 2025 issue, with the headline “Capital Punishment.” As the seat of national government, Washington, DC, tends to experience whatever the United States as a whole is experiencing, but in sharper relief. Its health tells us a lot about the nation’s health—and right now, both…

A person shops for produce, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), at a grocery store Monday in Baltimore. Stephanie Scarbrough/AP hide caption toggle caption Stephanie Scarbrough/AP The end of the nation’s longest government shutdown means food assistance for 42 million Americans should soon be restored after a nearly two week halt. But suspending funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP, may have long-lasting impacts, say some experts and those who depend on the program to feed their families.    Jacqueline Giammona, a single working mom of two boys, relies on SNAP for…

Dean Fuleihan is absolutely confident that Zohran Mamdani can deliver on the ambitious agenda—addressing everything from transportation to rent stabilization and childcare—that inspired New Yorkers to give the mayor-elect a mandate to run the nation’s largest city. And when Fuleihan, Mamdani’s pick to serve in the powerful position of first deputy mayor, speaks, it pays to listen. He’s one of the most experienced hands in New York City and state government. After decades of service as the “budget guru” for Democrats in the New York State Legislature, he worked as director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Management…

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…