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President Donald Trump will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday. Mamdani commented on the planned meeting during a Nov. 20 press conference, describing the visit as “customary.” Mamdani, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist whose campaign to run America’s most populous city drew national attention, is set to take office on Jan. 1, 2026. The mayor-elect has already sparred publicly with Trump, who has threatened to reduce federal funding to the city.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready for “honest” work with the United States to bring an end to the war with Russia. His comments came after discussions with a top U.S. Army official following revelations of a plan devised by the Trump administration. The White House confirmed on Nov. 20 that it has been working with both Russia and Ukraine over the past month to develop a peace plan aimed at ending the conflict, following media reports of a leaked proposal.

U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, according to data delayed for weeks by the government shutdown. The unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent from 4.3 percent in August. The increase in payrolls was more than double the 50,000 economists had forecast. But Labor Department revisions showed that the economy lost 4,000 jobs in August instead of gaining 22,000 as originally reported.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral will be held in Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden will attend the service. Bush will deliver a tribute at the funeral.

The Senate passed a bill unanimously on Tuesday requiring the Department of Justice to release more files related to the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The bill now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, as the House passed the bill earlier in the day by 427-1. The president has said he would sign the bill if it came to his desk. The Epstein Files Transparency Act would order the Department of Justice to release “in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” related to Epstein no later than 30 days after the bill’s enactment.

Trump will deliver a speech at the U.S.–Saudi Investment Forum on Wednesday, according to a schedule released by the White House. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will also be in attendance. The investment summit will include the heads of Salesforce, Qualcomm, Pfizer, the Cleveland Clinic, Chevron, and Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned petroleum and natural gas company.

President Donald Trump changed course on Sunday evening on his previous opposition to a resolution ordering the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. After previously speaking out against the Democrat-led discharge petition, Trump is now calling on his party to vote for the resolution when it comes up this week.

The Federal Aviation Administration terminated its order to reduce flights out of U.S. airports on Nov. 17 as the country moves to return to normal air traffic in the aftermath of the government shutdown. The flight reduction emergency order expired at 6 a.m. on Monday, enabling normal operations to resume across the National Airspace System, according to the federal agency.

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President Donald Trump this week elaborated more on how he would deal with health care subsidies and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), suggesting an account for citizens where payments can be made for health-related issues. Trump wrote in a Nov. 8 post on Truth Social that Senate Republicans should direct hundreds of billions in funding away from insurance companies and into people’s accounts, allowing them to purchase their own health insurance.

The federal government has reopened after Trump signed the funding bill passed by Congress. Government employees are returning to work, with regular paychecks also resuming. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins told CNN that most SNAP recipients should receive benefits by the end of this week, providing relief to the almost 42 million people who stopped receiving the benefits this month. The Trump Administration also withdrew its emergency application to the Supreme Court related to SNAP benefits.

After more than 40 days, Congress has passed legislation to end the government shutdown. The bill funds the government through Jan. 30. It also includes three full-year appropriations bills to fund the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Department of Agriculture through Sept. 30, 2026. Left only with time until the end of January to fund the government long-term, appropriators will have to come up with legislation soon to fund the agencies that did not get full-year appropriations.

Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James will try to disqualify interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan on Thursday. The defense attorneys will argue that a U.S. attorney can only serve 120 days on a temporary basis before needing Senate confirmation. If the judge concludes that Halligan’s appointment is invalid, the decision could be a fatal blow to the cases against both Comey and James.

President Donald Trump is marking Veterans Day on Tuesday with a new proclamation honoring America’s service members. Trump will also lay a wreath and deliver remarks at Arlington National Cemetery. The president called upon federal, state, and local officials to display the flag of the United States and participate in patriotic activities in their communities.

Trump is taking his dispute with magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll to the Supreme Court. On Monday, Trump asked the nation’s highest court to review the $5 million civil judgment against him. Trump's lawyers argued that the judge in that trial made a number of errors.

President Donald Trump will host Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday in what is the first visit by a Syrian leader to Washington. The meeting comes six months after Trump and Sharaa met in Saudi Arabia and just days after the United States and the United Nations lifted terrorism-related sanctions on the Syrian leader.

Air travel across the United States is in turmoil as the government shutdown triggers massive flight cancellations and delays. More than 2,700 flights were canceled and over 10,000 were delayed on Sunday, marking the worst day of travel disruption since the shutdown began.

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