{"id":7339,"date":"2025-11-10T20:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/10\/live-updates-trump-hosts-syrian-president-at-the-white-house-in-first-of-its-kind-meeting-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T20:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:17:16","slug":"live-updates-trump-hosts-syrian-president-at-the-white-house-in-first-of-its-kind-meeting-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/10\/live-updates-trump-hosts-syrian-president-at-the-white-house-in-first-of-its-kind-meeting-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Trump hosts Syrian president at the White House in first-of-its-kind meeting &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blogBody\">\n<p>President Donald Trump <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-syria-sharaa-first-visit-cf01c5d6c9af7e47ec0bae585634d845\">welcomed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa<\/a><\/span> after lifting sanctions imposed on Syria, which had been a pariah state for decades before rebel forces <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-bashar-assad-war-1468a97ff95bb782f5933856d99c9a8d\">toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad<\/a><\/span> last December. <\/p>\n<p>Al-Sharaa \u2014 who once had <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-mideast-syria-president-alsharaa-alqaida-sanctions-0f195788e6da39ca346c7018f8474f82\">ties to al-Qaida<\/a><\/span> and had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head \u2014 was named <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-president-rebel-bashar-assad-54f1f042c887c613d82a33a20e1d71a7\">interim leader<\/a><\/span> in January.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and al-Sharaa <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-syria-saudi-arabia-sharaa-assad-sanctions-bb208f25cfedecd6446fd1626012c0fb\">first met in May<\/a><\/span> in Saudi Arabia. Now, Al-Sharaa has become the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sharaa-syria-washington-visit-trump-0e815749ca602cc64bf88e1a7db41b1b\">first Syrian head of state to visit<\/a><\/span> the White House since the Middle Eastern country gained independence from France in 1946. <\/p>\n<p>His priorities include securing a permanent repeal of sanctions that punished Syria for widespread allegations of human rights abuses by Assad\u2019s government and security forces.<\/p>\n<div data-module data-gtm-region=\"Other news we're following: Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling: The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court\u2019s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The court also agreed Monday to decide before the 2026 elections whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, a target of Trump. Trump proclaims pardons for Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election: The \u201cfull, complete, and unconditional\" pardon applies only to federal crimes, and none of the dozens of Trump allies named in the proclamation were ever charged federally over the bid to subvert the election won by Democrat Joe Biden. It doesn't impact state charges, though state prosecutions stemming from the 2020 election have hit a dead end or are just limping along. A deal to end the government shutdown is on track but faces hurdles: A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track Monday after a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to break the impasse in what has become a deepening disruption of federal programs and services, the longest in history. The Senate could wrap up passage as soon as Monday. The bill cleared a procedural hurdle, 60-40, late Sunday, with eight Democrats joining most Republicans.\" data-align-center>\n<p><b>Other news we\u2019re following:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul id=\"rte-81a70312-be2c-11f0-a4c2-ff7496ab3bf4\">\n<li><b>Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling: <\/b>The justices, without comment, <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-50eb4ad421911696e742d8c4fb4962fd\"><u>turned away an appeal from Kim Davis<\/u><\/a><\/span>, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court\u2019s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. The court also agreed Monday to decide before the 2026 elections whether states <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-mail-ballot-deadline-mississippi-198789b582ac14fdee18a12bbd73e166\">can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots<\/a><\/span>, a target of Trump.<\/li>\n<li><b>Trump proclaims pardons for Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election: <\/b>The <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-pardons-2020-election-73348c1c5d2779741bf8af5b5ffb1472\">\u201cfull, complete, and unconditional\u201d pardon<\/a><\/span> applies only to federal crimes, and none of the dozens of Trump allies named in the proclamation were ever charged federally over the bid to subvert the election won by Democrat Joe Biden. It doesn\u2019t impact state charges, though state prosecutions stemming from the 2020 election <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-2020-election-fake-electors-michigan-e96dd694562a4b5903201ff538eca989\">have hit a dead end or are just limping along<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><b>A deal to end the government shutdown is on track but faces hurdles: <\/b>A legislative package to end <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/government-shutdown\">the government shutdown<\/a><\/span> appears on track Monday after a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to break the impasse in what has become <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/thanksgiving-air-traffic-shutdown-delays-ae216380cdf694c518bd2a4b0830eaea\">a deepening disruption<\/a><\/span> of federal <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/snap-food-benefits-trump-government-shutdown-c633d646f08f395e7d157d1145eaf727\">programs and services<\/a><\/span>, the longest in history. The Senate could wrap up passage as soon as Monday. The bill cleared a procedural hurdle, 60-40, late Sunday, with eight Democrats joining most Republicans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">                      <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Secret Service: Mechanical issue caused the trunk on Trump\u2019s limousine to \u2018inadvertently open\u2019 on Sunday\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6f63-de1f-af9e-6f6faa1a0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762805878299\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6f63-de1f-af9e-6f6faa1a0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Secret Service: Mechanical issue caused the trunk on Trump\u2019s limousine to \u2018inadvertently open\u2019 on Sunday         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The open trunk was seen during live video coverage of the president\u2019s trip to Palm Beach International Airport in Florida for the trip back to Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what the U.S. Secret Service said about it: \u201cDuring the motorcade from Mar-A-Lago to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) one of the motorcade vehicle\u2019s trunks inadvertently opened and remained in the upright position for a part of the motorcade route. No items were lost or displaced while in transit. The issue was determined to be mechanical in nature, has been identified, and has since been repaired.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Nancy Pelosi\u2019s daughter announces run for California state Senate seat\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6f55-dbd3-a39a-ffdd965a0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762805391253\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6f55-dbd3-a39a-ffdd965a0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Nancy Pelosi\u2019s daughter announces run for California state Senate seat         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Another Pelosi is running for elective office.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Pelosi \u2014 the daughter of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u2014 <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sfpelosi\/status\/1987905426177003612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a><\/span> Monday that she would seek the California Senate seat that encompasses San Francisco in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes just days after her mother <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pelosi-reelection-announcement-fd95c18815fdabdaabaf26b8c2f0bafc\">disclosed<\/a><\/span> that she would not seek reelection next year after nearly four decades in Congress. The younger Pelosi\u2019s decision to run for state Senate was something of a surprise, since political observers had long speculated that the attorney and Democratic Party activist could follow her mother to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need leaders who advance our San Francisco values and build power for the people,\u201d Christine Pelosi said on her campaign <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pelosiforsenate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">webpage<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Her decision to run for state Senate could provide some possible political symmetry in the San Francisco Bay Area. The seat is currently held by Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener, who is running to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the House.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Senate Democrat questions Trump administration\u2019s $7.5M payment to Equatorial Guinea\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6f48-de8d-adbb-7f6f41b10000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762804020011\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6f48-de8d-adbb-7f6f41b10000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Senate Democrat questions Trump administration\u2019s $7.5M payment to Equatorial Guinea         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Trump administration<\/a><\/span> made a $7.5 million payment to the government of Equatorial Guinea as it seeks to deport people to the West African country and <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-equatorial-guinea-obiang-un-096ee54801a6ebd2ca7e98b144d8c1b0\">draws closer to its heavily prosecuted leaders<\/a><\/span>, according to the top Democratic senator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said in a letter sent Monday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and obtained by The Associated Press that \u201cthis highly unusual payment \u2014 to one of the most corrupt governments in the world \u2014 raises serious concerns over the responsible, transparent use of American taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen said in her letter that the $7.5 million payment stood out because it would would \u201cfar exceed the amount of U.S. foreign assistance provided over the last 8 years combined\u201d to the country.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department declined to comment on the details of diplomatic communications.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"New Mexico legislators consider state funding of food assistance for months if needed\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6f17-dbd3-a39a-ff9fef130000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762803595358\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6f17-dbd3-a39a-ff9fef130000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             New Mexico legislators consider state funding of food assistance for months if needed         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>New Mexico would backfill food assistance with state funding on a weekly basis past the end of the year in case SNAP federal food aid remains frozen or falters again, under a proposal from Democratic lawmakers at a special legislative session Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Leading legislators say the proposal would earmark nearly $200 million in possible food aid in case of continued interruptions in SNAP federal food aid, whether by court action or an extension of the federal shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not taking any chances,\u201d said Democratic state House Speaker Javier Mart\u00ednez of Albuquerque. \u201cThis is a backstop to make sure no New Mexican goes hungry over the next couple of months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham already used emergency orders to funnel $30 million in food aid onto EBT cards. New Mexico also paid out full monthly federal SNAP benefits on Saturday to residents who ordinarily receive that aid at the start of the month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Trump clemency recipient gets 27 months in prison for violations\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6ee3-de1f-af9e-6fef92070000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762800428494\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6ee3-de1f-af9e-6fef92070000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Trump clemency recipient gets 27 months in prison for violations         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>A convicted drug dealer granted clemency by President Donald Trump has been sent back to federal prison for violating the terms of his release after being charged with several new crimes. <\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Braun was sentenced Monday to 27 months behind bars. <\/p>\n<p>The Long Island man had been accused of swinging an IV pole at a hospital nurse and threatening to kill her, screaming at a member of his synagogue, groping his family\u2019s nanny and evading bridge tolls. He\u2019s been in jail since April.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Kiyo Matsumoto said she hoped Braun\u2019s \u201cexpressions of remorse\u201d and promises to \u201clead a law abiding life\u201d were in good faith, noting that many of the people who he had harmed have since forgiven him.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors had sought a five-year sentence, the maximum punishment allowed. Braun\u2019s lawyer argued that he should be released immediately.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Shaheen at odds with candidate daughter over shutdown\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6ee2-dfde-afff-effb05760000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762796996551\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6ee2-dfde-afff-effb05760000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Shaheen at odds with candidate daughter over shutdown         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen\u2019s role in breaking the government shutdown stalemate puts her at odds with one of her daughters who is seeking election to the U.S. House next year.<\/p>\n<p>The New Hampshire senator who <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sununu-senate-new-hampshire-e806398a52e3878c5df164507c8e0cda\">will be retiring<\/a><\/span> after three terms helped negotiate <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-senate-deal-schumer-trump-33c6e37c68e9bf2d33770de0f3399563\">the compromise legislation<\/a><\/span> to end the shutdown. She prioritized extending subsidies for health plans offered under the Affordable Care Act but settled for a pledge to hold a vote on the subsidies in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the only deal on the table,\u201d she Sunday.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-170000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, in east of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Hussein Malla, File)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/853efda\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3692x2462+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe0%2Fd9%2F336ddfc049e8bd86c088fca40e8a%2Fap25314680992220.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, in east of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Hussein Malla, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, in east of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Hussein Malla, File)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Her daughter, Stefany, said Monday she would have voted no.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to both end this shutdown and extend the ACA tax credits. Otherwise, no deal,\u201d she said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Stefany Shaheen is seeking the Democratic nomination in New Hampshire\u2019s 1st Congressional District.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Tariff dividends paid annually would be twice as expensive as tariffs\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6edd-d606-a7ba-6edd40af0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762796894983\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6edd-d606-a7ba-6edd40af0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Tariff dividends paid annually would be twice as expensive as tariffs         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that President Trump\u2019s plan to provide most Americans $2,000 funded from tariffs would cost roughly $600 billion and, if paid annually, would be twice as expensive as tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrent tariffs have raised about $100 billion so far,\u201c said Matt Klucher, with CRFB, \u201cand will raise about $300 billion per year in the steady state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If paid annually, dividends would be twice as expensive as tariffs, he said.<br \/>President Trump has floated the idea of $2,000 checks to all Americans except for \u201chigh-income people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says he still supports Schumer\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6ed4-dfde-afff-efdf29f60000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762796582839\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6ed4-dfde-afff-efdf29f60000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says he still supports Schumer         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-780000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of N.Y., walks to a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/01b90e6\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6039x4026+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fa9%2F93%2F7ea6d23144e490aecb4837f29a5e%2Fap25305576846281.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>FILE &#8211; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of N.Y., walks to a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of N.Y., walks to a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>The Senate Democratic leader has faced criticism from some progressives after several Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to begin reopening the government. <\/p>\n<p>But Jeffries said it was on those Democrats to explain their vote, and that he still supported Schumer as the party\u2019s leader in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeader Schumer and Senate Democrats over the last seven weeks have waged a valiant fight,\u201d said Jeffries.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Jeffries declined to say whether he had confidence in Schumer after Schumer helped Republicans pass a funding bill.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Jeffries says Democrats will continue fight on health care costs\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6ebd-d368-a3bb-7fbf3fa40000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762795822991\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6ebd-d368-a3bb-7fbf3fa40000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Jeffries says Democrats will continue fight on health care costs         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says that Democratic senators who voted to advance a government funding bill Sunday are \u201cgoing to have to explain themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the overwhelming majority of Senate Democrats continue to remain in the area fighting to fix our a broken health care system,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<p>He is speaking to reporters as Congress inches closer to approving a bill that would reopen the federal government after a shutdown that has lasted nearly six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had been insisting the bill include an extension of enhanced tax credits that makes health insurance coverage more affordable, but they were unsuccessful in including that demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs House Democrats, we know we\u2019re on the right side of this fight, the right side of the American people, and we\u2019re not going to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the health care of the American people,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"<b>See how 8 Democrats explain why they voted with Republicans to end the shutdown<\/b>&#8221; data-post-id=&#8221;0000019a-6ec0-d2d1-afdf-6efcf4f50000&#8243; data-posted-date-timestamp=&#8221;1762795551913&#8243; data-seconds-delta-text=&#8221;sec ago&#8221; data-minutes-delta-text=&#8221;min ago&#8221; data-hours-delta-text=&#8221;h ago&#8221;>              <a id=\"0000019a-6ec0-d2d1-afdf-6efcf4f50000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             <b>See how 8 Democrats explain why they voted with Republicans to end the shutdown<\/b>         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-250000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"497\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"497\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"476\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"476\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"372\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"372\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"This combination photo of eight senators who are facing criticism from the Democratic party for their deal to end the government shutdown shows Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., top row from left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and bottom row from left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/6c083fd\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2676x1662+0+0\/resize\/599x372!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Ff9%2F5b%2F1bf0127d4659a4c27ec9114f4c96%2Fap25314595938275.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>This combination photo of eight senators who are facing criticism from the Democratic party for their deal to end the government shutdown shows Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., top row from left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and bottom row from left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>This combination photo of eight senators who are facing criticism from the Democratic party for their deal to end the government shutdown shows Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., top row from left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and bottom row from left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Eight Democratic senators faced almost instant blowback from members of their own party as <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8\">they voted<\/a><\/span> to allow the Senate to move forward on <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-senate-deal-schumer-trump-33c6e37c68e9bf2d33770de0f3399563\">compromise legislation<\/a><\/span> that would reopen the government.<\/p>\n<p>Their decision Sunday night was labeled a \u201cbetrayal\u201d and \u201cpathetic\u201d by some of the most prominent voices in the Democratic Party. \u201cTo my mind, this was a very, very bad vote,\u201d said Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The group of defectors includes senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Dick Durbin of Illinois, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Angus King of Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana said Monday that they \u201cdecided to put principle over their personal politics.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <i>Read <\/i><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-8-democrats-e83180c0b69642a00a234c244d9ea76e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>how they are explaining their votes<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Wisconsin governor says Trump request to take back food money from the poor should be condemned\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6ebc-de8d-adbb-7eff0e540000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762794727816\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6ebc-de8d-adbb-7eff0e540000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Wisconsin governor says Trump request to take back food money from the poor should be condemned         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Gov. Tony Evers on Monday wrote to the state\u2019s congressional delegation urging them to pressure the USDA to \u201cstop trying to take food out of the hands\u201d of SNAP recipients. <\/p>\n<p>The Democrat reiterated that Wisconsin will not \u201cundo\u201d its distribution of SNAP money as the Trump administration has asked. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a shocking and disturbing request\u2014and one that should be condemned by every person, regardless of their political beliefs or party,\u201d Evers wrote to the seven Republicans and three Democrats who represent the state. He called it \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d that Republicans have not joined Democrats in calling for full funding.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Republican majority leader asks senators to allow a speedy final vote to reopen government\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6eb1-de8d-adbb-7ef72fe70000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762794077206\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6eb1-de8d-adbb-7ef72fe70000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Republican majority leader asks senators to allow a speedy final vote to reopen government         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. John Thune is asking both Republican and Democratic colleagues to allow for quick passage of a bill to end the federal shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping that will be hours, not days,\u201d he said. \u201cThe American people have suffered for long enough. Let\u2019s not pointlessly drag this bill out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Senate voted Sunday night to advance the continuing resolution to fund the government through Jan. 30th. But it takes agreement from all senators to allow for a speedy final vote.<\/p>\n<p>Thune also told reporters he\u2019s confident that Trump would sign the bill once it reaches his desk.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"<b>Syria\u2019s president is at the White House for a historic meeting with Trump<\/b>&#8221; data-post-id=&#8221;0000019a-6ea1-d606-a7ba-6ee927130000&#8243; data-posted-date-timestamp=&#8221;1762793694607&#8243; data-seconds-delta-text=&#8221;sec ago&#8221; data-minutes-delta-text=&#8221;min ago&#8221; data-hours-delta-text=&#8221;h ago&#8221;>              <a id=\"0000019a-6ea1-d606-a7ba-6ee927130000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             <b>Syria\u2019s president is at the White House for a historic meeting with Trump<\/b>         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-920000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa looks on during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Francisco Seco, File)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/4a163a6\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3759x2506+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F11%2F65%2F86d8a14f43e0b43d0881c304c326%2Fap25313610915914.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Syria\u2019s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa looks on during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Francisco Seco, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Syria\u2019s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa looks on during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Francisco Seco, File)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>The visit by <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sharaa-syria-washington-visit-trump-0e815749ca602cc64bf88e1a7db41b1b\">Ahmad al-Sharaa<\/a><\/span> is the first by a Syrian head of state since the Middle Eastern country gained independence from France in 1946.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting also comes after Trump lifted sanctions imposed on Syria during the decades the country was ruled by the Assad family.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Sharaa led the rebel forces that toppled then-Syrian President Bashar Assad last December. He was named the country\u2019s interim leader in January.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said the meeting would be private and closed to press coverage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"<b>The Vances visit Walter Reed<\/b>&#8221; data-post-id=&#8221;0000019a-6ea0-d39d-a99a-eeab002a0000&#8243; data-posted-date-timestamp=&#8221;1762792643823&#8243; data-seconds-delta-text=&#8221;sec ago&#8221; data-minutes-delta-text=&#8221;min ago&#8221; data-hours-delta-text=&#8221;h ago&#8221;>              <a id=\"0000019a-6ea0-d39d-a99a-eeab002a0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             <b>The Vances visit Walter Reed<\/b>         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-430000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vice President JD Vance, from right, and second lady Usha Vance talk with Coast Guard Seaman Sam Kenyon as he undergoes therapy during a visit to the Military Advanced Training Center (MATC) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Bethesda, Md.  (Andrew Harnik\/Pool via AP)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/52a46d8\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8481x5654+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc5%2F92%2F34979fd847518ba073478efb572e%2Fap25314560930206.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance, from right, and second lady Usha Vance talk with Coast Guard Seaman Sam Kenyon as he undergoes therapy during a visit to the Military Advanced Training Center (MATC) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Bethesda, Md. (Andrew Harnik\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance, from right, and second lady Usha Vance talk with Coast Guard Seaman Sam Kenyon as he undergoes therapy during a visit to the Military Advanced Training Center (MATC) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Bethesda, Md. (Andrew Harnik\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, on Monday met with wounded soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ahead of Veterans Day.<\/p>\n<p>While there, the Vances spoke with patients and medical providers at Walter Reed, listened to them about the soldiers\u2019 injuries and treatment plans, and handed out challenge coins while posing for photos.<\/p>\n<p>One Army sergeant who met with the Vances on Monday lost his left leg during his second combat deployment. Impressed with the amount the sergeant was deadlifting, the vice president joked that the visit was designed to shame him because of how strong the injured servicemembers were, despite their wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Vance served in the Marines, and he and Usha Vance headlined the Marine Corps\u2019 250th Birthday Ball over the weekend.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"<b>White House: Senate action on shutdown a \u2018positive development\u2019<\/b>&#8221; data-post-id=&#8221;0000019a-6e9e-dbd3-a39a-ff9fda3a0000&#8243; data-posted-date-timestamp=&#8221;1762792568102&#8243; data-seconds-delta-text=&#8221;sec ago&#8221; data-minutes-delta-text=&#8221;min ago&#8221; data-hours-delta-text=&#8221;h ago&#8221;>              <a id=\"0000019a-6e9e-dbd3-a39a-ff9fda3a0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             <b>White House: Senate action on shutdown a \u2018positive development\u2019<\/b>         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The White House is calling the emerging agreement to reopen the federal government a \u201cpositive development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to seeing it progress,\u201d said a White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the administration\u2019s deliberations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has not indicated whether he would sign the funding measure into law, and the White House official stopped short of saying the president would do so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"US health officials will remove long-standing warning about risks of menopause drugs\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e89-d39d-a99a-ee8bcf660000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762791187158\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e89-d39d-a99a-ee8bcf660000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             US health officials will remove long-standing warning about risks of menopause drugs         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Hormone-based drugs used to treat hot flashes and other menopause symptoms will no longer carry a bold warning label about stroke, heart attack, dementia and other serious risks, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. health officials said they will remove the boxed warning from more than 20 pills, patches and creams containing hormones like estrogen and progestin, which are approved to ease disruptive symptoms like night sweats. <\/p>\n<p>FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has called the current label outdated and unnecessary. Many doctors \u2014 and pharmaceutical companies \u2014 have called for removing or revising the label, which they say discourages prescriptions and scares off women who could benefit.<\/p>\n<p>But other experts have vigorously opposed making changes to the label without a careful, transparent process. They say the FDA should have convened its independent advisers to publicly consider any revisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <i>Read more about <\/i><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/menopause-hormones-warning-fda-drugs-pills-women-f26a8208fd3f5174ec96d61140439561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>the FDA\u2019s decision on menopause drug warning labels<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Here\u2019s what you can do if your air travel plans are disrupted due to FAA flight restrictions\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e79-dfde-afff-ef7b42b40000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762790996458\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e79-dfde-afff-ef7b42b40000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Here\u2019s what you can do if your air travel plans are disrupted due to FAA flight restrictions         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul id=\"rte-eda74842-be36-11f0-a040-0914cb6d230b\">\n<li><b>Is my airport affected?<\/b> There\u2019s a good chance it is. Here\u2019s <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/faa-government-shutdown-flight-cuts-airports-list-a11237fe6d6e14bed0935930dffed72e\">the list<\/a><\/span>. <\/li>\n<li><b>How long will this go on? <\/b>The Federal Aviation Administration said it won\u2019t lift flight restrictions <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-government-shutdown-travel-aviation-flight-delays-211022120bf96ab95dc6861ca5a7e32d\">until air traffic control staffing<\/a><\/span> makes it safe.<\/li>\n<li><b>Know before you go<\/b> Check your airline\u2019s app or a flight-tracking site for updates before leaving for the airport. <\/li>\n<li><b>My flight was canceled. Now what?<\/b> If you\u2019re at the airport, line up at customer service, and call or go online for airline reservations staff while you wait.<\/li>\n<li><b>Try another way?<\/b> Consider traveling by train, car or bus instead. <\/li>\n<li><b>Can I get a refund or compensation?<\/b> Airlines must fully refund tickets, but not meals or hotel stays unless the delay or cancellation was within their control. <\/li>\n<li><b>Should I just stay home for the holidays?<\/b> Not necessarily. You might just need a little more planning and flexibility than usual. <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e66-d39d-a99a-eeefb1d40000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762789780962\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e66-d39d-a99a-eeefb1d40000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-f00000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A volunteer reaches for a box of tomatoes during a food distribution at the San Antonio Food Ban for SNAP recipients and other households affected by the federal shutdown, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/e54740d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4614x3076+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8b%2F5f%2Fa3b75b984097a3157136b12d357c%2Fap25310644342669.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>A volunteer reaches for a box of tomatoes during a food distribution at the San Antonio Food Ban for SNAP recipients and other households affected by the federal shutdown, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>A volunteer reaches for a box of tomatoes during a food distribution at the San Antonio Food Ban for SNAP recipients and other households affected by the federal shutdown, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen.<\/p>\n<p>The request is the latest in a flurry of legal activity over how a program that helps buy groceries for 42 million Americans should proceed during the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8\">U.S. government shutdown<\/a><\/span>. Lower courts have ruled that the government must keep full payments flowing, and the Supreme Court asked the administration to respond after an appeals court ruled against it late Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>States administering SNAP payments continue to face uncertainty over whether they can \u2014 and should \u2014 provide full monthly benefits during the ongoing legal battles.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <i>Read more about <\/i><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/snap-food-benefits-trump-government-shutdown-c633d646f08f395e7d157d1145eaf727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>court action over SNAP benefits<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"JUST IN: Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen during shutdown\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e71-d0c4-a3db-ee7bb20b0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762789572458\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e71-d0c4-a3db-ee7bb20b0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             JUST IN: Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen during shutdown         <\/h2>\n<p>                                        <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Latin American and Caribbean nations meet with US airstrikes in mind\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e5a-d1ee-adfb-6edb565d0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762788813071\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e5a-d1ee-adfb-6edb565d0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Latin American and Caribbean nations meet with US airstrikes in mind         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Representatives of European, Latin American and Caribbean nations are meeting in Colombia to strengthen ties. A key point of discussion is how to handle <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea\">U.S. military air strikes on<\/a><\/span> boats it says are carrying drugs, killing at least 75 people so far. <\/p>\n<p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who has called the deaths \u201cextrajudicial executions,\u201d said he wants the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the European Union \u201cto be a beacon of light amidst the barbarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva said he would attend even as Brazil hosts <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-nations-climate-talks-cop30-belem-brazil-db51b818a4579f49da1c1161927f06c2\">the COP30 climate conference<\/a><\/span>, to urge Latin American nations to stand together to prevent conflict. He said last week that he spoke with Trump about Venezuela. \u201cI told Trump that Latin America is a region of peace,\u201d Lula said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Republican speaker calls on House lawmakers to begin return to Washington\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e58-d606-a7ba-6ed9bd050000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762788002245\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e58-d606-a7ba-6ed9bd050000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Republican speaker calls on House lawmakers to begin return to Washington         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-020000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., makes a statement to reporters without taking questions following a vote in the Senate to move forward with a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/01f82d0\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4571x3047+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Ffa%2Fd0%2F2aa80d14402ba8b6a4f64d6144c8%2Fap25314564480458.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., makes a statement to reporters without taking questions following a vote in the Senate to move forward with a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., makes a statement to reporters without taking questions following a vote in the Senate to move forward with a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Mike Johnson said that with the government shutdown near an end, he\u2019s calling on lawmakers to \u201cbegin right now returning to the Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears to us this morning that our long national nightmare is coming to an end, and we\u2019re grateful for that,\u201d Johnson said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he\u2019s hoping senators can fast-track a final vote to open the government through Jan. 30. He says that as soon as the Senate completes its final vote, he\u2019ll give notice for a House vote 36 hours later, but in the meantime, lawmakers should not wait on returning to Washington, given possible travel delays.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"What\u2019s in legislation to end government shutdown\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e51-d368-a3bb-7f73e1c20000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762787709837\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e51-d368-a3bb-7f73e1c20000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             What\u2019s in legislation to end government shutdown         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>A legislative package to end <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/government-shutdown\">the government shutdown<\/a><\/span> appears on track Monday after a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to break the impasse in what has become <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/thanksgiving-air-traffic-shutdown-delays-ae216380cdf694c518bd2a4b0830eaea\">a deepening disruption<\/a><\/span> of federal <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/snap-food-benefits-trump-government-shutdown-c633d646f08f395e7d157d1145eaf727\">programs and services<\/a><\/span>, the longest in history.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s in and out of <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8\">the bipartisan deal<\/a><\/span> drew sharp criticism and leaves few senators fully satisfied. The legislation provides funding to reopen the government, including for <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/snap-benefits-trump-administration-demands-undo-states-d433f20df4d461db506e0d327a58d3c1\">SNAP food aid<\/a><\/span> and other programs, while also ensuring backpay for <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/furloughed-federal-workers-blames-every-voting-american-for-the-government-shutdown-76fc8ae169014e30a834d51c2aca851a\">furloughed federal workers<\/a><\/span> the Trump administration had <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-federal-workers-back-bay-shutdown-785eb776d2312d1f68f7e91961d0a93a\">left in doubt<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But notably lacking is any clear resolution to the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/aca-credits-health-care-subsidies-government-shutdown-7f7a3609bf78dd7e43be9a041a090220\">expiring health care subsidies<\/a><\/span> that Democrats have been fighting for as millions of Americans stare down <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/aca-credits-health-care-subsidies-government-shutdown-7f7a3609bf78dd7e43be9a041a090220\">rising insurance premiums<\/a><\/span>. That debate was pushed off for a vote next month, weeks before the subsidies are set to expire.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <i>Read more about <\/i><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-senate-deal-schumer-trump-33c6e37c68e9bf2d33770de0f3399563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>the details of the proposal to end the shutdown<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Flight cancellations won\u2019t stop even after the government shutdown ends\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e4b-de1f-af9e-6f6fcebe0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762787303016\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e4b-de1f-af9e-6f6fcebe0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Flight cancellations won\u2019t stop even after the government shutdown ends         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/thanksgiving-air-traffic-shutdown-delays-ae216380cdf694c518bd2a4b0830eaea\">flight cancellations<\/a><\/span> at airports across the U.S. are expected to persist. <\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration has reduced flights as some air traffic controllers \u2014 unpaid for weeks \u2014 stopped showing up for work.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate took a first step toward <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8\">ending the shutdown<\/a><\/span> Sunday, but final passage could be days away, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/thanksgiving-air-traffic-shutdown-delays-ae216380cdf694c518bd2a4b0830eaea\">made clear<\/a><\/span> last week that flight cuts will remain until the FAA sees safety metrics improve.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, airlines <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/flight-cuts-government-shutdown-airlines-c21ffa6c3d55e3d2fe7f53702112727b\">canceled thousands of flights<\/a><\/span> to comply with the order to eliminate 4% of flights. The cancellations are scheduled to rise to 6% of all flights at <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/faa-government-shutdown-flight-cuts-airports-list-a11237fe6d6e14bed0935930dffed72e\">40 of the nation\u2019s busiest airports<\/a><\/span> on Tuesday, and 10% by week\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday morning, airlines had already canceled 1,600 flights for Monday and nearly 1,000 for Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"<b>Trump\u2019s Monday schedule<\/b>&#8221; data-post-id=&#8221;0000019a-6e44-d368-a3bb-7f67683f0000&#8243; data-posted-date-timestamp=&#8221;1762787036755&#8243; data-seconds-delta-text=&#8221;sec ago&#8221; data-minutes-delta-text=&#8221;min ago&#8221; data-hours-delta-text=&#8221;h ago&#8221;>              <a id=\"0000019a-6e44-d368-a3bb-7f67683f0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             <b>Trump\u2019s Monday schedule<\/b>         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul id=\"rte-eda74842-be36-11f0-a040-0914cb6d230b\">\n<li>11 a.m., Trump will meet with Syria\u2019s al-Sharaa in the Oval Office.<\/li>\n<li>3 p.m., he will participate in a swearing in ceremony for the Ambassador to India, also in the Oval Office.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Supreme Court will decide if states can count late-arriving mail ballots\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e34-dfde-afff-ef3f9b140000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762785980498\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e34-dfde-afff-ef3f9b140000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Supreme Court will decide if states can count late-arriving mail ballots         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-3c0000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. Pennsylvania's House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, approved a bill long-sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state and to avoid a repeat of 2020's drawn-out vote count. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum, File)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/00eecf1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1c%2F71%2F2798f36c3ef31d1197d15124943f%2Fdcbc723058bc45b0a11de1fa6a6cec76\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. Pennsylvania\u2019s House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, approved a bill long-sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state and to avoid a repeat of 2020\u2019s drawn-out vote count. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. Pennsylvania\u2019s House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, approved a bill long-sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state and to avoid a repeat of 2020\u2019s drawn-out vote count. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum, File)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-supreme-court\">The Supreme Court<\/a><\/span> on Monday agreed to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, a target of <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-chicago-pritzker-johnson-national-guard-illinois-3ca116f867916ac6538bf45ce391c94c\">Trump<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Three Trump-nominated appellate judges ruled last year that Mississippi\u2019s law allowing ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day to be counted <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mississippi-absentee-ballot-voting-d65b943c27e9e7c5247dc2c14d3dbb15\">violates federal law<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Eighteen states and the District of Columbia accept mailed ballots received after Election Day as long as the ballots are postmarked on or before that date, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Swing states such as Nevada and states such as Colorado, Oregon and Utah rely heavily on mail voting. An additional 14 states allow the counting of late-arriving ballots from some eligible voters. <\/p>\n<p>A ruling is expected in time to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"JUST IN: Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e33-d368-a3bb-7f3332950000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762785530353\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e33-d368-a3bb-7f3332950000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             JUST IN: Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target         <\/h2>\n<p>                                        <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e31-dbd3-a39a-ffb9567a0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762785437276\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e31-dbd3-a39a-ffb9567a0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-supreme-court\">The Supreme Court<\/a><\/span> on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/marriage-anthony-kennedy-ohio-state-government-united-states-tennessee-9dc57b83f3ae2fc7d2e007aa80bf33a3\">same-sex marriage<\/a><\/span> nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The justices turned away an appeal from <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kim-davis-clerk-samesex-marriage-supreme-court-8a914cc0563aeb5b7c360a9264ce50ce\">Kim Davis<\/a><\/span>, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court\u2019s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Davis had been trying to get the court to overturn a lower-court order for her to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney\u2019s fees to a couple denied a marriage license.<\/p>\n<p>Her lawyers repeatedly invoked the words of Justice Clarence Thomas, who alone among the nine justices has called for erasing the same-sex marriage ruling.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"JUST IN: Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e30-d1ee-adfb-6efb58090000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762785316038\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e30-d1ee-adfb-6efb58090000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             JUST IN: Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide         <\/h2>\n<p>                                        <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"The BBC gets letter from Trump threatening legal action over editing of his speech\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e1c-d1ee-adfb-6edfc1390000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762784418055\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e1c-d1ee-adfb-6edfc1390000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             The BBC gets letter from Trump threatening legal action over editing of his speech         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-270000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media members wait outside the BBC Headquarters in London, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo\/Kin Cheung)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/6393a42\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6671x4447+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8b%2Ff7%2F93fc5056b3b4d49f931772aec452%2Ff35fbacfdff24dca96afb54d42ad4816\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Media members wait outside the BBC Headquarters in London, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo\/Kin Cheung)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Media members wait outside the BBC Headquarters in London, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo\/Kin Cheung)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>The BBC reported Monday that Trump has sent a letter threatening legal action over the way a speech he made was edited in a documentary aired by the British broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the BBC\u2019s most senior executives resigned Sunday over accusations of bias in a documentary\u2019s editing of a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before a crowd of his supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington. <\/p>\n<p>The program spliced together three quotes from two sections of the speech, delivered almost an hour apart, into what appeared to be one quote in which Trump urged supporters to march with him and \u201cfight like hell.\u201d Cut out was a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC said in a statement on Monday that \u201cwe will review the letter and respond directly in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"JUST IN: The BBC says it received a letter from President Donald Trump threatening legal action over the editing of his speech\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6e12-de8d-adbb-7e776e160000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762783967345\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6e12-de8d-adbb-7e776e160000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             JUST IN: The BBC says it received a letter from President Donald Trump threatening legal action over the editing of his speech         <\/h2>\n<p>                                        <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Potential end to the US government shutdown pushes markets higher\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6dff-d368-a3bb-7fff152c0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762783289835\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6dff-d368-a3bb-7fff152c0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Potential end to the US government shutdown pushes markets higher         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Wall Street pointed toward strong gains before markets opened Monday as a bipartisan deal to end the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8\">government shutdown<\/a><\/span> gained traction in the Senate, though it lacked any clear resolution to the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/aca-credits-health-care-subsidies-government-shutdown-7f7a3609bf78dd7e43be9a041a090220\">expiring health care subsidies<\/a><\/span> that Democrats have been fighting for. <\/p>\n<p>Futures for the S&#038;P 500 were up 0.9%, Dow Jones futures gained 0.4% and Nasdaq futures climbed 1.5% on the strength of the technology sector. Health insurers were among the losers early Monday. Trump suggested over the weekend that subsidies sent to \u201cmoney sucking\u201d insurance companies should instead go directly to people to buy their own insurance.<\/p>\n<p>A test vote in the Senate on Sunday began a series of procedural maneuvers toward a compromise that would end the longest federal <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/government-shutdown\">shutdown in U.S. history<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"<b>Trump administration announces latest strike on alleged drug boat<\/b>&#8221; data-post-id=&#8221;0000019a-6dfd-de1f-af9e-6fff56690000&#8243; data-posted-date-timestamp=&#8221;1762782022295&#8243; data-seconds-delta-text=&#8221;sec ago&#8221; data-minutes-delta-text=&#8221;min ago&#8221; data-hours-delta-text=&#8221;h ago&#8221;>              <a id=\"0000019a-6dfd-de1f-af9e-6fff56690000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             <b>Trump administration announces latest strike on alleged drug boat<\/b>         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-8c0000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is seen on the sidelines before an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo\/Nick Wass)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/7db4ab9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8256x5504+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fb8%2F88%2Fe714f7fb2567de822d3ca54a7dbd%2F08d69f13e79d47d1bde802b199092329\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is seen on the sidelines before an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo\/Nick Wass)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is seen on the sidelines before an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo\/Nick Wass)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the latest in a series of strikes on boats accusing of ferrying drugs killed six people two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The dual strikes on Sunday bring the total number of known attacks to 19 and the death toll to at least 75 people since the Trump administration launched a campaign against drug trafficking in South American waters that many see as a pressure tactic on Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling, were carrying narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route,\u201d Hegseth posted Monday on social media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"<b>China tightens export control of chemicals used to make fentanyl<\/b>&#8221; data-post-id=&#8221;0000019a-6dfb-d1ee-adfb-6dfbcb6f0000&#8243; data-posted-date-timestamp=&#8221;1762781907786&#8243; data-seconds-delta-text=&#8221;sec ago&#8221; data-minutes-delta-text=&#8221;min ago&#8221; data-hours-delta-text=&#8221;h ago&#8221;>              <a id=\"0000019a-6dfb-d1ee-adfb-6dfbcb6f0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             <b>China tightens export control of chemicals used to make fentanyl<\/b>         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>China announced Monday that a license would be required to export 13 chemicals to the United States, Canada and Mexico. The announcement did not mention fentanyl, but at least some of the chemicals on the list can be used in the production of the synthetic opioid.<\/p>\n<p>Trump agreed recently to reduce a 20% tariff he had imposed on imports from China to 10% after the Chinese government said it would take more steps to control the flow of what are known as precursor chemicals for fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>The chemicals help fuel the illegal production of the powerful pain reliever that has become a major cause of drug addiction and overdose deaths in the U.S. They can still be exported without a license to other countries besides the three named in the Chinese Commerce Ministry announcement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"US Secretary of State to attend G7 foreign ministers meeting in Canada\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6de5-d39d-a99a-edef9dc10000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762781806739\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6de5-d39d-a99a-edef9dc10000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             US Secretary of State to attend G7 foreign ministers meeting in Canada         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Marco Rubio will meet his counterparts from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan in southern Ontario on Tuesday and Wednesday at a time of rising tensions between the Trump administration and the Canadian government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Rubio will advance U.S. interests in peace and security, strategic cooperation, and global stability,\u201d the State Department said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. priorities for the meeting include pushing Trump\u2019s peace plan for Gaza, efforts to end the Russian-Ukraine war and fighting in Sudan along with improving conditions in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is hosting the G7 this year, a chairmanship marked by rising tensions between Washington and Ottawa over numerous issues, predominantly trade and Trump\u2019s imposition of tariffs on Canadian imports.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"BBC faces leadership crisis after news bosses quit over Trump speech edit and bias claims\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6db6-de8d-adbb-7ff7f9610000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762778783406\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6db6-de8d-adbb-7ff7f9610000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             BBC faces leadership crisis after news bosses quit over Trump speech edit and bias claims         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/bbc\">BBC<\/a><\/span> was facing a leadership crisis and mounting political pressure on Monday after <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bbc-director-resigns-trump-speech-editing-3aab83138d58c92db1bb00e77e568876\">its top executive and its head of news both quit<\/a><\/span> over the editing of a speech by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The resignation of BBC Director-General Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness over accusations of bias was welcomed by Trump, who said the way his speech had been edited was an attempt to \u201cstep on the scales of a Presidential Election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BBC chairman Samir Shah apologized Monday for the broadcaster\u2019s \u201cerror of judgment\u201d in editing the speech Trump delivered on Jan. 6, 2021, before a crowd of his supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe accept that the way the speech was edited did give the impression of a direct call for violent action,\u201d Shah said in a letter to lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to staff, Davie said: \u201cThere have been some mistakes made and as director-general I have to take ultimate responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turness said the controversy was damaging the BBC, and she quit \u201cbecause the buck stops with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As she arrived Monday at the BBC\u2019s central London headquarters, Turness defended the organization\u2019s journalists against allegations of bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <i>Read more <\/i><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-bbc-crisis-trump-panorama-a392fb275af25216ea23537c6f4347e4\"><i>about the resignations<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"A deal to end the government shutdown is on track, but faces hurdles\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6db1-de8d-adbb-7ff79f000000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762777191124\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6db1-de8d-adbb-7ff79f000000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             A deal to end the government shutdown is on track, but faces hurdles         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>A legislative package to end <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/government-shutdown\">the government shutdown<\/a><\/span> appears on track Monday after a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to break the impasse in what has become <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/thanksgiving-air-traffic-shutdown-delays-ae216380cdf694c518bd2a4b0830eaea\">a deepening disruption<\/a><\/span> of federal <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/snap-food-benefits-trump-government-shutdown-c633d646f08f395e7d157d1145eaf727\">programs and services<\/a><\/span>, the longest in history.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s in and out of <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8\">the bipartisan deal<\/a><\/span> drew sharp criticism and leaves few senators fully satisfied. The legislation provides funding to reopen the government, including for <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/snap-benefits-trump-administration-demands-undo-states-d433f20df4d461db506e0d327a58d3c1\">SNAP food aid<\/a><\/span> and other programs, while also ensuring backpay for <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/furloughed-federal-workers-blames-every-voting-american-for-the-government-shutdown-76fc8ae169014e30a834d51c2aca851a\">furloughed federal workers<\/a><\/span> the Trump administration had <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-federal-workers-back-bay-shutdown-785eb776d2312d1f68f7e91961d0a93a\">left in doubt<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But notably lacking is any clear resolution to <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/aca-credits-health-care-subsidies-government-shutdown-7f7a3609bf78dd7e43be9a041a090220\">expiring health care subsidies<\/a><\/span> that Democrats have been fighting for as millions of Americans stare down <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/aca-credits-health-care-subsidies-government-shutdown-7f7a3609bf78dd7e43be9a041a090220\">rising insurance premiums<\/a><\/span>. That debate was pushed off for a vote next month, weeks before the subsidies are set to expire.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate could wrap up passage as soon as Monday. The bill cleared a procedural hurdle, 60-40, late Sunday, with eight Democrats joining most Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>It would next go to the House, where <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/house-speaker-johnson-government-shutdown-grijalva-526647b57faa2710382674646dfd2b37\">lawmakers have been away<\/a><\/span> since September but were being told to prepare to return to Washington this week. Then, it\u2019s to Trump\u2019s desk for his signature.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <i>Read more <\/i><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-senate-deal-schumer-trump-33c6e37c68e9bf2d33770de0f3399563\"><i>about the deal as it moves through Congress<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Donald Trump booed as the 1st sitting US president at a regular-season NFL game since Carter in 1978\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6dae-d0c4-a3db-edaef0430000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762776946129\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6dae-d0c4-a3db-edaef0430000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Donald Trump booed as the 1st sitting US president at a regular-season NFL game since Carter in 1978         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-b30000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump, center, gestures to the crowd alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris, as they attend an NFL football game between the Commanders and the Detroit Lions at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d9f2745\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3570x2380+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F25%2F1d%2F0d56bc54b2e541628e95e3649951%2F78715b8c24704dd1aa65203935a0fe5d\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>President Donald Trump, center, gestures to the crowd alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris, as they attend an NFL football game between the Commanders and the Detroit Lions at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump, center, gestures to the crowd alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris, as they attend an NFL football game between the Commanders and the Detroit Lions at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md., Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Trump became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-nfl-super-bowl-first-president-766c628f4ea3faf38d100e4f33f2ac8c\">at a regular-season NFL game<\/a><\/span>, attending the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lions-commanders-score-trump-1c19aab7cd8b87275a6f2fcaed2626d1\">Washington Commanders\u2019 44-22 loss to the visiting Detroit Lions<\/a><\/span> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>There were loud boos from some spectators in the stands when Trump was shown on the videoboard late in the first half \u2014 standing in a suite with House Speaker Mike Johnson \u2014 and again when the president was introduced by the stadium announcer at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>The jeering continued while Trump read an oath for members of the military to recite as part of an on-field enlistment ceremony during the break in the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a little bit late,\u201d Trump told reporters earlier when he got off Air Force One after landing at Joint Base Andrews, following a flyover of Northwest Stadium during the game. He then got in his armored car for the drive to the arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna have a good game. Things are going along very well. The country\u2019s doing well. The Democrats have to open it up,\u201d he said \u2014 a reference to <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8\">the government shutdown<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <i>Read more <\/i><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-nfl-lions-commanders-c2c6e511052653e74be0ad77eb51cd64\"><i>about Trump\u2019s appearance at the game<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Trump is hosting Syria\u2019s al-Sharaa for a first-of-its-kind meeting at the White House\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6dad-d368-a3bb-7fafe8cb0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762776769536\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6dad-d368-a3bb-7fafe8cb0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Trump is hosting Syria\u2019s al-Sharaa for a first-of-its-kind meeting at the White House         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Trump is hosting <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sharaa-syria-washington-visit-trump-0e815749ca602cc64bf88e1a7db41b1b\">Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa<\/a><\/span> at the White House on Monday, welcoming the once-pariah state into a U.S-led global coalition to fight the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first visit to the White House by a Syrian head of state since the Middle Eastern country gained independence from France in 1946 and comes after the U.S. lifted sanctions imposed on Syria during the decades the country was ruled by the Assad family. Al-Sharaa led the rebel forces that <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-bashar-assad-war-1468a97ff95bb782f5933856d99c9a8d\">toppled former Syrian President Bashar Assad<\/a><\/span> last December and was named the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-president-rebel-bashar-assad-54f1f042c887c613d82a33a20e1d71a7\">country\u2019s interim leader in January<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-5f0000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"529\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"529\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"413\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"413\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (Bandar Aljaloud\/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/9317a4a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2271x1566+0+0\/resize\/599x413!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F8e%2Fea%2Fecc3f143bd1d6ba8eb12b5d31735%2Fe1a0057f2e6848be853f4874d0578f20\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Syria\u2019s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (Bandar Aljaloud\/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Syria\u2019s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (Bandar Aljaloud\/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Trump and al-Sharaa \u2014 who <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-mideast-syria-president-alsharaa-alqaida-sanctions-0f195788e6da39ca346c7018f8474f82\">once had ties to al-Qaida<\/a><\/span> and had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head \u2014 <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-syria-saudi-arabia-sharaa-assad-sanctions-bb208f25cfedecd6446fd1626012c0fb\">first met in May<\/a><\/span> in Saudi Arabia. At the time, the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-syria-saudi-arabia-sharaa-assad-sanctions-bb208f25cfedecd6446fd1626012c0fb\">U.S. president described<\/a><\/span> al-Sharaa as a \u201cyoung, attractive guy. Tough guy. Strong past, very strong past. Fighter.\u201d It was the first official encounter between the U.S. and Syria since 2000, when former President Bill Clinton met with Hafez Assad, the father of Bashar Assad.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <i>Read more <\/i><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-syria-sharaa-first-visit-cf01c5d6c9af7e47ec0bae585634d845\"><i>about the upcoming meeting<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-6dac-d368-a3bb-7fafe6a70000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762776702283\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-6dac-d368-a3bb-7fafe6a70000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer <span><span>Rudy Giuliani<\/span><\/span>, his former chief of staff <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mark-meadows\">Mark Meadows<\/a><\/span> and others accused of backing the Republican\u2019s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Martin, the government\u2019s pardon attorney, posted on social media a signed proclamation of the \u201cfull, complete, and unconditional\u201d pardon, which also names conservative attorneys <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sidney-powell-plea-deal-georgia-election-indictment-ec7dc601ad78d756643aa2544028e9f5\">Sidney Powell<\/a><\/span> and <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/arizona-fake-electors-charges-john-eastman-2020-1d6df9ac00b810a0d54d6fc4ae97ec57\">John Eastman<\/a><\/span>. The proclamation, posted online late Sunday, explicitly says the pardon does not apply to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and none of the Trump allies named were charged in federal cases over the 2020 election. But the move underscores President Donald Trump\u2019s continued <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-special-prosecutor-2020-biden-election-194b3d49f49b0345f77873fc34b4dcc5\">efforts to rewrite the history of the election<\/a><\/span> he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. It follows the sweeping pardons of the hundreds of <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/capitol-riot-trump-pardons-jan-6-f6e23bcd84eaed672318c88f05286767\">Trump supporters charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot<\/a><\/span> at the U.S. Capitol, including those convicted of attacking law enforcement. <\/p>\n<p>The White House didn\u2019t immediately respond to an email seeking comment Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <i>Read more <\/i><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-pardons-2020-election-73348c1c5d2779741bf8af5b5ffb1472\"><i>about the pardons<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post>               <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump welcomed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa after lifting sanctions imposed on Syria, which had been a pariah state for decades before rebel forces toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad last December. 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