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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.

A sign for the U.S. Department of State is seen on the outside of the Harry S. Truman Federal Building on on July 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The State Department is proceeding with layoffs just two days after the Supreme Court overturned a lower-court order that had temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plan to cut federal jobs, affecting more than 1,300 department employees. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point Action, speaks during a meeting on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson on October 17, 2024. Charlie Kirk's Turning Point Action, a conservative campaign group, is working extra hard to get Republican Donald Trump elected, and has hired thousands of canvassers to get out the vote. (Photo by Olivier Touron / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)

State Department: Foreign visa holders celebrating Charlie Kirk assassination ‘will be removed’

The United States Department of State said that the U.S. “has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” regarding those who have celebrated conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 12: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One for a trip to the Middle East on October 12, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump will address the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday, followed by a "Gaza Peace Summit" in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, after helping broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump heads to Israel ahead of hostage release, declares war in Gaza ‘is over’

President Donald Trump took off for Israel on Sunday to greet the families of Israeli hostages while also addressing the Knesset.

US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk (R) speaks on stage with President Donald Trump at America Fest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 22, 2024. Right-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, a major ally of President Donald Trump, was shot dead on September 10, 2025 in a murder that sparked fears of more political violence in an increasingly febrile United States. Trump confirmed on social media that Kirk, 31, had died from his injuries. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump orders American flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of Charlie Kirk: ‘A truly Great American Patriot’

President Donald Trump has ordered American flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of the “truly Great American Patriot” Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead while holding an event on a college campus.

A flag outside of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters is seen on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saaid in a social media post that he and U.S. President Doanld Trump will shut down foreign assistance agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Federal appeals court blocks Trump’s $5B foreign aid cut

A federal appeals court has set President Donald Trump back on his attempt to withhold nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, siding with a lower court’s decision.

TOPSHOT - Tributes are placed beneath the covered seal of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) at their headquarters in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. US President Donald Trump on February 7, 2025 called for USAID to be shuttered, escalating his unprecedented campaign to dismantle the humanitarian agency. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump to cancel nearly $5B in foreign aid through rarely used ‘Pocket rescission’

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to scrap approximately $4.9 billion in previously approved foreign aid using a little-known maneuver called “pocket rescission,” a move that has drawn praise from his “America First” supporters.