“The Federal Aviation Administration will end its flight reduction emergency order Monday, meaning flights will resume operations as normal, officials announced Sunday.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

John Barrasso sounds like a NO on extending ACA funds: “We cannot continue just continuing to subsidize a failing plan, which is causing more & more costs and hardship around the country. What the Democrats have offered was $350 billion more dollars to prop up Obamacare, which has failed”

Republican Sen. John Barrasso, the majority whip, doesn’t commit to holding a Senate vote on the bill to release the Epstein files if it passes the House. “We’ll have a discussion about it and make a decision from there.” On @meetthepress.com:

“President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order exempting a range of food imports — including coffee, beef and bananas — from his reciprocal tariff policies.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

As with every #GildedAge, the ultra-wealthy retreat further into their corners. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

Trump pulls his support for Marjorie Taylor Greene, calls her “Wacky” in quotes and encourages a primary challenger.

Indiana Senate leader says there aren't enough GOP votes for Trump's redistricting push www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

What the government shutdown's end means for Obamacare subsidies Story with @berkeleyjr.bsky.social: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

3 TAKEAWAYS from the longest government shutdown in American history

After a bipartisan backlash, Republican senators are distancing themselves from a provision tucked inside the CR/minibus allowing 8 of them to sue for $500K in taxpayer-funded payments for each "instance" where their data was accessed in the Jan. 6 probe. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

New truth social post this morning

3 TAKEAWAYS from the longest government shutdown in American history

Sen. John Fetterman was hospitalized after falling near his Pennsylvania home and sustaining “minor injuries” to his face, the senator's spokesperson said.

Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., supports the Kiggans bill for a 1-year ACA funding extension (he's one of 14 GOP cosponsors). He told me last night he has no current plans to sign a discharge petition or "do anything discharge-related" on ACA to defy party leaders and force a vote.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he still has “PTSD” from the GOP’s failed effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act during President Trump’s first term. Now, the party is about to plunge back into the tricky policy debate that once cost them seats in the House.

NEW: As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative There is no legislative product yet. No consensus in the party about a plan. But top GOP lawmakers and policy figures on Capitol Hill have begun discussing concepts. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Now that the government has reopened, when will workers get paid? The law requires agencies to fully pay furloughed and excepted workers immediately: “at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates.”

BREAKING: President Trump signs bill to reopen the government after a 43-day shutdown. nbcnews.to/441ZXKL

43 DAYS AND IT’S DONE: Trump signs funding bill into law, ending record-long government shutdown www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

House will vote to undo provision letting senators sue over Jan. 6-related searches Johnson “shocked” & “angry” to learn about this language. Bill passed. Multiple Senate Ds say they had nothing to do with this provision, despite voting for it; some favor repeal. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., tells me tonight the enhanced ACA funds should "absolutely" expire. What about the Republicans who want to cut a deal to extend the money? "There's not gonna be any deal cut," Norman says. Does Speaker Johnson share this view? "I think he does."

NEWS: The House just voted to end the record-long government shutdown The vote is 222-209. The bill passed the Senate 60-40. This now goes to President Trump to become law. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Hakeem Jeffries says the ACA fight ends one of two ways: Either Republicans relent and accept a funding extension to prevent premium hikes, "or the American people will throw Republicans out of their jobs next year and end the speakership of Donald J. Trump once and for all."

NEW HOUSE BREAKDOWN 219 Republicans 214 Democrats (*GOP has 2 votes to spare to pass bills without needing Dems, assuming full attendance)

"Congratulations, you're now a member of the United States Congress." Rep. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, is sworn in today, Nov. 12.

Gmail archives never forget

penny for your thoughts does this make cents? these jokes are a dime a dozen (to coin a phrase)

Trump calls H-1B visas necessary to bring in 'certain talents' that he says the U.S. lacks www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

NEW: House poised to vote on a bill to end the record-long government shutdown This is the CR + minibus Senate just passed. Despite Dem anger over no ACA funds, Speaker Johnson is "very optimistic" it'll pass today. If so, goes to Trump to become law. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.

The new abortion fight that could derail ACA funding

NEW: Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds This demand spans Senate leadership to Finance Cmte to proponents of ACA money. Dems say hell no, current Hyde protections suffice. "It's a nonstarter," Shaheen tells me. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Steve Kornacki: Republicans took a political hit in the shutdown. How long will it last? www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans Final vote is 60-40. The Dems who votes YES with 52 Republicans: Cortez Masto Durbin Fetterman Hassan Kaine King Rosen Shaheen This now goes to the House. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.

Senate Republican leaders watching Trump turn their base against the filibuster

Senate just reached a deal to vote TONIGHT on final passage of the CR plus minibus to reopen the government. A series of 8 votes set to begin in moments.

I’m about to join NPR Philly affiliate WHYY to discuss the Senate deal to end the government shutdown. Watch live here: www.youtube.com/live/R5-Dd1D...

Stefany Shaheen, running for Congress in NH01, opposes the Senate deal her mother Jeanne negotiated to end the shutdown, saying it doesn’t resolve the ACA cliff: “Too many people will see health care costs that are already too high skyrocket even further starting in January.”

🚨 The Senate just reached a deal to end the government shutdown, voting 60-40 to advance it. Here’s what is in the deal, what Democrats gave up, who voted for it and what comes next in the path to turning it into a law.

UPDATE: Senate votes to advance a tentative deal to end the government shutdown, clearing a key hurdle.

🚨 60-40, Senators advance tentative deal to end the government shutdown www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Text I received from a senior House Democratic staffer who is NOT HAPPY about the Senate deal 👀

Asked whether she would be willing to vote down the next government funding bill in January if Congress fails to pass an ACA funding extension by then, Jeanne Shaheen tells reporters: "That’s certainly an option that everybody will consider." 🤔

BREAKING: Senators reach a tentative deal to end the government shutdown which, if passed, will take days to reach Trump’s desk to become law.

Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.

Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social: —CR through Jan 30 —Approps minibus —Fully funds SNAP —Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs —Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain) —Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan

With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”

NEW: Graham Platner says he's no John Fetterman. But he gets the concerns. “Look, as somebody that was disappointed [with Fetterman]—if I was me looking in, I’d have the same concerns. We’ve been burned before.” He explains why he’s different. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...