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Trump admin live updates: FAA flight cuts to end Monday morning

Flight reductions across 40 major airports nationwide will end Monday morning.

Last Updated: November 16, 2025, 8:40 PM EST

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that Americans will begin to feel the White House's efforts to rein in the cost of living in the first two quarters of 2026.

"I think Americans are going to feel it in the first quarter, second quarter, I think 2026, thanks to President Trump's signature plans, is going to be a great year for working Americans, for the markets," Bessent told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump faces fallout from the release of messages sent by sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that mention Trump, and bipartisan pressure is ramping up on the administration to release the rest of the Epstein files.

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Nov 13, 2025, 12:52 PM EST

Trump admin withdraws SNAP Supreme Court filing

Now that the government has reopened, and SNAP will be fully funded for the fiscal year, the Trump administration withdrew its application to the Supreme Court seeking intervention in the November payments dispute.

Solicitor General John Sauer said in a filing on Thursday that the "underlying dispute here is now moot."

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer

The U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., November 13, 2025.
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Nov 13, 2025, 6:44 AM EST

Smithsonian museums to begin reopening Friday

The Smithsonian will begin reopening certain museums this Friday, Nov. 14, according to a notice posted late Wednesday on its website.

Others will follow suit, with all locations expected to reopen by Monday, Nov. 17.

The words "Smithsonian Institution" are etched in stone along the National Air and Space Museum, which has been closed for weeks due to the continuing U.S. government shutdown, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 21, 2025.
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"The National Museum of American History, the National Air and Space Museum and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazey Center will reopen Friday," the notice states. "All other museums, research centers, and the National Zoo will reopen on a rolling basis by Monday, Nov. 17. Please check back for more reopening updates."

Smithsonian museums have been closed since Oct. 12 after running out of funding amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

-ABC News’ Meghan Mistry

Nov 12, 2025, 11:16 PM EST

Trump urges midterm voters to remember Democrats caused shutdown

Trump urged Americans not to forget about the damage he said was caused by Democrats and to remember that when they go to the polls next year.

"So I just want to tell the American people, you should not forget this. When we come up to midterms and other things, don't forget what they've done to our country," Trump said.

"Over the past seven weeks, the Democrats' shutdown has inflicted massive harm," Trump said.

President Donald Trump signs the funding bill to reopen the government in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.
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Trump connected Democrats to the multiple outcomes that occurred due to the shutdown, including the reduction and delays in flights, federal workers not getting paid and SNAP benefits running out.

"People were hurt so badly. Nobody's ever seen anything like this one. This was a no-brainer. This was an easy extension, but they didn't want to do it the easy way. They had to do it the hard way, and they look very bad, the Democrats do," Trump said.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Nov 12, 2025, 10:33 PM EST

Trump signs funding bill to end shutdown

Surrounded by Republican members of Congress and some members of his Cabinet, Trump signed the funding bill that the House passed earlier in the evening.

Trump continues to attack Democrats for the shutdown, saying the majority of them were happy to watch the American people “suffer” while they tried to appease their radical left base.

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