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US President Donald Trump signs the bill package to re-open the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2025. Congress on Wednesday ended the longest government shutdown in US history, 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The Republican-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to approve a Senate-passed package that will reopen federal departments and agencies, as many Democrats fume over what they see as a capitulation by party leaders. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Paychecks to federal employees expected to resume over the weekend

Paychecks to federal employees are expected to resume beginning this Saturday as the longest government shutdown ever recorded in United States history comes to a close, according to a new report.

US Capitol police officers stand behind a roped-off area with a sign announcing the closure of the visitor center on the first day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2025. Efforts to bring a quick end to the US government shutdown floundered Wednesday when senators rejected a plan to resolve an acrimonious funding stand-off between President Donald Trump and Democrats in Congress. With the government out of money after Trump and lawmakers failed to agree on a deal to keep the lights on, many federal departments and agencies have been closed since midnight. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Government shutdown likely to last until Friday

The federal shutdown will extend at least until Friday, as lawmakers are still at an impasse over a government funding deal.

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second non-consecutive term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Melina Mara / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MELINA MARA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) / U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office on August 25, 2025 in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Attorney General Bondi announced the guilty plea of Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia on federal crimes alongside other law enforcement officials including the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administrator Terrance C. Cole, Homeland Security Investigations Acting Executive Associate Director Derek W. Gordon, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Operations Director Chad Yarbrough. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Report: DOJ task force uncovered ‘numerous instances of anti-Christian bias during Biden admin.

The Trump administration task force has released a report claiming that the former Biden administration “weaponized the full weight of the federal government against Christians.”

AUSTIN, TEXAS - JUNE 25: A hiring sign is displayed in a Taco Bell window on June 25, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The Texas labor market has set a new record high job count for its sixth consecutive month in a row by adding 28,100 positions over the month of May to reach a total of 14,340,800 non-farm jobs according to the Texas Workforce Commission. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Dept. of Labor: U.S. unemployment claims drop, remaining in ‘healthy’ range

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week, remaining within the historically low levels seen since the COVID-19 pandemic, economists say.

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. Picture taken May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

US SEC would set up guardrails for private investments in retirement plans, chairman says

Private firms do not have the same level of required disclosures as public companies and are prone to valuation issues.

Former U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to members of the press after a members-only classified briefing on TikTok at the Capitol Visitor Center on Capitol Hill March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. The House held a closed briefing ahead of a House vote on a bill that will require its mother company ByteDance to sell TikTok. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Report: Trump Looking Into Selling Nancy Pelosi Federal Building In San Francisco

Local reports have stated that President Donald Trump’s White House is looking into selling a San Francisco building recently dubbed Nancy Pelosi Federal Building.