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12.46am GMT US vice-president JD Vance and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will speak at an event on Wednesday in Washington, bringing together leaders and influencers of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, Politico reports. The MAHA Summit will discuss topics from making food in America healthier to biohacking. The event is slated to open with remarks by Tony Lyons, the president of MAHA Action, followed by Finn Kennedy, one of the secretary’s sons, who is listed in the schedule as a board member of MAHA Holdings and an investor at 8VC, a company that invests in health care, manufacturing and defense, among others. The summit is not open to the media. Maha is the health movement, led by Kennedy, that aims to improve Americans’ health. Republican-controlled states have begun taking strong action. This year, West Virginia passed a ban on some synthetic food coloring, while Texas began requiring warning labels for 44 synthetic food ingredients. 12.25am GMT Colombia to suspend intelligence sharing with US over Caribbean boat attacks Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered Colombian public security forces to suspend intelligence sharing with US intelligence agencies until Washington stops attacking boats in the Caribbean. “All levels of law enforcement intelligence are ordered to suspend all communications and other dealings with US security agencies,” Petro said in a post on X. “This measure will remain in effect as long as missile attacks on boats in the Caribbean continue. The fight against drugs must be subordinated to the human rights of the Caribbean people.” Britain also suspended the sharing of intelligence with the US. An estimated 76 people have been killed by the US in 19 attacks on small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that were allegedly involved in narco-trafficking. The Trump administration claims drug smugglers can be killed legally because they are combatants in an “armed conflict” with the US. Updated at 12.35am GMT 12.15am GMT Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said it is his “strong expectation” that House Democrats will oppose the bill, which is expected to come before the House on Wednesday.Jeffries and other Democratic lawmakers unveiled a proposed amendment on Tuesday that calls for a three-year extension of enhanced tax credits that make health insurance coverage more affordable for millions.Their proposal has no chance of passage in the Republican-led House, but it does give them another chance to make the case that Democrats are trying to protect people from massive premium hikes next year.“We only lose the fight if we give up the fight,” said representative Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) announced it would oppose the current Senate deal to reopen the government. “The Senate-passed bill is a betrayal of working people and massively fails to address the urgent needs of the American people,” said CPC deputy chair representative Ilhan Omar. “The Senate-passed bill is morally bankrupt. It is indefensible to allow more than 20 million Americans to see their premiums double and let millions lose their healthcare coverage.” Updated at 12.20am GMT 12.03am GMT The Guardian’s Dan Sabbagh and Julian Borger report: Britain has suspended the sharing of intelligence with the US on suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean amid concerns information supplied may be used to engage in lethal military strikes by American forces. Such a decision – a rare rupture between the normally close military allies – would indicate that the UK does not believe the Trump administration’s controversial practice of sinking boats allegedly used by drug traffickers is legal. The UK, which retains oversight on several island territories in the Caribbean, has long shared intelligence with the US about the movements of suspect vessels travelling from Latin America, so they can be seized by the US Coast Guard. Related: UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean 11.42pm GMT US ethics officials removed for inquiring into improper access of mortgage files Ethics officials at Fannie Mae were removed from their jobs as they investigated whether a top Trump ally improperly accessed mortgage documents of Letitia James, the New York attorney general, and other Democratic officials, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. William Pulte, a staunch Trump defender and the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), has accused James, Adam Schiff, a California senator, and Lisa Cook, a federal reserve governor, of mortgage fraud. All three have denied the accusations and James was indicted on specious federal charges last month. Experts have raised questions about all three referrals and see them as a thinly veiled effort by Trump to target political rivals. After Pulte made the referrals, former agency officials and experts told the Guardian they were highly unusual. Individualized mortgage data is highly sensitive and protected. And investigations into mortgage fraud are not typically handled by the FHFA inspector general, an agency watchdog staffed with investigative agents. Read the full story: Related: US ethics officials removed for inquiring into improper access of mortgage files 11.22pm GMT Supreme court extends ruling that halts Snap benefits rollout across the US The supreme court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full Snap payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume. Nearly 42 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Benefits have paused for the first time in the program’s history. The justices chose what is effectively the path of least resistance, anticipating that the shutdown will end soon while avoiding any substantive legal ruling about whether lower-court orders to keep full payments flowing during the shutdown are correct. Updated at 11.30pm GMT 10.59pm GMT US flight cancellations and delays to get worse even if shutdown ends Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the US government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rolled out deeper cuts to flights at 40 of the nation’s major airports Tuesday, officials said. The FAA ordered domestic airlines last week to drop 4% of their flights at the airports in question, saying absences and signs of stress among traffic controllers made it imperative to act in the name of public safety. After already canceling more than 7,900 since Friday, the goal for cutting flights is set to rise to 6% on Tuesday – and again to 10% on Friday. Monday saw airlines scrap over 2,300 flights and more than 1,000 flights set for takeoff Tuesday, all due to the restrictions. Though it was unclear exactly how many additional flights would need to be canceled Tuesday, with the average cancellation rate over the last several days already exceeding the FAA’s requirement, according to aviation analytics company Cirium. By about 5am ET Tuesday, more than 1,100 flights had been canceled, and more than 540 had been delayed. Read the full story: Related: US flight cancellations and delays to get worse even if shutdown ends 10.39pm GMT Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday House Speaker Mike Johnson will swear in Democratic representative-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Grijalva won a special election in September to succeed her late father in Congress, but her swearing-in was delayed as Johnson kept the House of Representatives out of session since it passed a stopgap funding bill on 19 September, in a bid to pressure Senate Democrats to reopen the government. The House returned to Washington on Tuesday after a 53-day break for a vote to end the government shutdown. “After seven weeks of waiting, I almost can’t believe it’s true,” Grijalva said in a video posted on X on Monday. “I am really upset that one of the first votes that I will take is on a bill that does nothing for affordable health care for the American people.” Updated at 10.48pm GMT 10.20pm GMT Donald Trump has pardoned a trail runner who briefly took a closed trail on his way to a record time on the tallest peak in the Teton Range of western Wyoming. The pardon for Michelino Sunseri, unlike recent ones for Trump allies, appeared apolitical. “Michelino is pleased, of course, but nobody expects a pardon,” Sunseri’s attorney, Michael Poon, told Outside. “He shouldn’t have had to go through this ordeal to begin with. It’s not a case that should have ever been brought to trial.” Poon said the Pacific Legal Foundation had lobbied White House officials on Sunseri’s behalf but had not met Trump directly. Sunseri ran up and down Grand Teton, the 13,775ft centerpiece of the Teton Range, in two hours, 50 minutes and 50 seconds in 2024. It was an epic feat: The 33-year-old’s run covered 13.3 miles, gaining 7,000ft in elevation, then back down again in Grand Teton national park. Read the full story: Related: Trump pardons trail runner convicted after taking shortcut during record run Updated at 11.30pm GMT 10.06pm GMT A fake announcement from the White House has been circling on social media, claiming that Donald Trump is working on making 15-year car loans available to all Americans. The announcement, intended as a joke by users who post it, reads: “As he continues to work hard to make the American Dream accessible to everyone, President Trump today has asked the Departments of Transportation and Commerce to make vehicle ownership for all a reality by introducing 15 year car loans! Secretaries Duffy and Lutnick are already working on it! Delivering for America!” The fake White House alert comes days after Trump posted a graphic on Truth Social comparing himself to President Franklin D Roosevelt, who helped popularize the 30-year mortgage during the 1930s. The post shows a photo of Trump with the words “50-year mortgage” underneath, and no further explanation. On Tuesday, White House deputy press secretary, Kush Desai, had to clarify that the announcement was not real. “This graphic was not created or put out by the White House,” Desai posted on X. 9.55pm GMT Newsom says US's absence from Cop30 'doubling down on stupid' The Associated Press held an exclusive interview with California governor Gavin Newsom at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil: Calling America’s absence from key United Nations climate negotiations “doubling down on stupid”, California governor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the United States risks being left behind as an economic power. Newsom, a Democrat eyeing a 2028 presidential run, is so far the highest profile of several US governors and mayors at UN climate talks being hosted in Belem. Newsom’s presence as governor of the most populous US state serves to draw a clear contrast with Trump’s absence. He said Trump’s decision to skip the talks tells the world: “You don’t matter, we don’t care.” “This idea that somehow we can put up walls, we can put up barriers, we could put up tariffs, we put up our middle fingers and just turn our back is lunacy,” Newsom said during an exclusive Associated Press interview at the climate talks in Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. “And every other country in the world understands that. That’s why every other country in this world is moving in a different direction.” California, with nearly 40m residents, is a major economic hub and on the forefront of national climate policy. But the Trump administration has sought to role back the state’s power to set aggressive climate policy, most notably by blocking a California regulation to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars within the next decade. “This Trump administration, his acolytes and the supine Congress led by Speaker [Mike] Johnson, are doubling down on stupid,” Newsom said. Updated at 11.31pm GMT 9.39pm GMT FDA names oncology chief Pazdur as top drug regulator following Tidmarsh resignation The US Food and Drug Administration plans to name oncology expert Richard Pazdur as the nation’s top drug regulator, the Washington Post reports, citing three people familiar with the matter. Pazdur would lead the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, which regulates over-the-counter medicines and most prescription drugs. If selected, he would replace Dr George Tidmarsh, according to the Post. Tidmarsh resigned from the role last week following “serious concerns about his personal conduct”, according to a government spokesperson. The departure came the same day that a drugmaker connected to one of Tidmarsh’s former business associates filed a lawsuit alleging that he made “false and defamatory statements” during his time at the FDA. Tidmarsh, an experienced biotech executive and longtime Stanford University professor, took over as the director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research in July. Updated at 11.00pm GMT 9.18pm GMT Watchdog group asks for investigations into Lindsey Halligan A government watchdog group has asked two different bar associations to investigate Lindsey Halligan, a former personal attorney for Donald Trump who brought cases against James Comey and Letitia James. Halligan is currently serving as US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after an outburst in which Trump overtly put pressure on his attorney general to more aggressively pursue his political foes. The complaint filed by the Campaign for Accountability (CFA) asks the bar in Florida and Virginia to investigate misconduct they claim violates justice department regulations. “By contacting Lawfare journalist Anna Bower to discuss and attempt to influence her coverage of the James prosecution, Ms. Halligan appears to have violated DOJ regulations, Virginia District Court rules and RPC 3.6, prohibiting pretrial publicity,” reads the statement by the group. “Ms. Halligan appears to have violated numerous rules of professional conduct for lawyers,” said CFA executive director Michelle Kuppersmith. “We are asking the Virginia and Florida Bars to investigate, making clear that a government appointment is not a hall pass for unethical behavior.” Updated at 10.48pm GMT 9.03pm GMT Here's a recap of the day so far The House is considering a short-term spending bill that passed in the Senate and would end the record long government shutdown. A small group of the Democratic caucus broke party ranks and joined Republicans to reach a 60-vote threshold in the upper chamber. Now, the House is set to cast a vote to secure its passage as early as tomorrow. Most Democrats in the lower chamber vow to vote “no” on the legislation, as it includes no extension for expiring Obamacare subsidies – the centerpiece of their negotiations throughout the shutdown. Today, the House’s largest ideological group, the centrist New Democrat Coalition, announced their opposition to the measure. The sentiment appears much the same in the congressional progressive caucus, where chair Greg Casar called the measure “a betrayal of millions of Americans counting on Democrats to fight for them”. Procedurally, before the bill heads to the House floor, it will require the rules committee to schedule a vote on the legislation. Politico is reporting, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, that this will take place at around 6pm ET today. The hope is then for an official vote on Wednesday afternoon. For his part, Donald Trump called the bill’s progress a “very big victory”, during his remarks at Arlington National Cemetery earlier to commemorate Veterans Day in the US. The president also congratulated House speaker Mike Johnson and Senate majority leader John Thune. “We’re opening up our country. Should have never been closed, should have never been closed,” Trump added. The justice department plans to investigate the University of California, Berkeley following altercations that occurred during a protest on Monday, outside a Turning Point USA campus event. The influential rightwing college group founded by Charlie Kirk made the final stop of its American Comeback tour at the San Francisco Bay Area university, which was met with large and sometimes rowdy protests. Demonstrators gathered outside the hall where the event was being held, chanting and carrying signs with slogans such as “We won the war, why are there still Nazis” and “No safe space for fascist scum”. A Utah judge handed Democrats a win in the continuing national fight over voting districts by ordering a new map that creates a House seat in a Democratic-leaning area, in a state where Republicans currently control all four positions. It consolidates Salt Lake county – which includes the state’s largest city – largely within a single district, rather than dividing the Democratic-voting population center among all four seats. Updated at 9.18pm GMT 8.36pm GMT 'My party crossed a line,' Fetterman says of decision to splinter from Democrats over government shutdown John Fetterman – the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania who voted on several occasions for a continuing resolution to end the shutdown – defended his decision to break from his party and join members of his caucus to pass a new bill to reopen the government. “My party crossed a line,” the lawmaker told Fox News in an interview. “It’s only wrong to shut our government down, and I’m relieved … the people now that are going to get paid and fed.” Fetterman added that he “never got any outreach” from the Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, about his vote and holding out against Republicans to ensure that they came to the table on extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. “People went five weeks without being paid. I mean, that’s a violation of my core values, and I think it’s our party’s as well,” Fetterman said. Updated at 8.42pm GMT 8.14pm GMT The Trump administration has launched its most direct attempt yet to shut down the top US consumer watchdog, arguing the current funding mechanism behind the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unlawful. Attorneys for the administration claimed in a court filing that the agency “anticipates exhausting its currently available funds in early 2026”, setting the stage for it to be dismantled. The CFPB is legally barred from seeking additional funds from the Federal Reserve, its typical source of funding, the attorneys suggested. Donald Trump’s officials have tried persistently to close the agency, attempting to fire the vast majority of its workforce. These efforts sparked months of legal wrangling. The CFPB has returned more than $21bn to US consumers since it was set up, in the wake of the financial crisis, to shore up oversight of consumer financial firms. The justice department’s office of legal counsel issued an opinion claiming the CFPB cannot draw money from the Fed currently, claiming the “combined earnings of the Federal Reserve System” refers to profits of the Fed, which has operated at a loss since 2022. Related: Trump administration moves again to dismantle top US consumer watchdog 7.57pm GMT Pentagon's largest aircraft carrier arrives in Latin America region, amid ongoing strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats The USS Gerald R Ford, the defense department’s largest aircraft carrier, entered the Latin America region on Tuesday, according to the Navy’s Fourth fleet. The area, known as the US Southern Command (Southcom), is seeing a sizable increase in military presence amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on drug cartels. “The enhanced U.S. force presence in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere,” said the department’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell. “These forces will enhance and augment existing capabilities to disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations.” The Pentagon has carried out at least 19 strikes against suspected drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean and off the Pacific coasts of Latin America, killing at least 76 people. It also comes amid acrimony with Venezuela, and its leader Nicolas Maduro – who claims the military escalation is a move to oust him from power. For his part, Trump told CBS News recently that Maduro’s days are “numbered”, but downplayed the possibility of a war. 7.29pm GMT 'Only people that hate our country want to see it not open,' Trump tells ESPN Donald Trump made a surprise appearance on the Pat McAfee show, broadcast on ESPN, where he expressed confidence in the final passage of the Senate bill to reopen the federal government. “So the House is going to vote, and I think they’re going to vote positively. I think most people want to see it open,” he told the host. “Only people that hate our country want to see it not open, because our country is doing so well.” 7.04pm GMT The US Department of Justice plans to investigate the University of California, Berkeley following altercations that occurred during a protest on Monday, outside a Turning Point USA campus event. The influential rightwing college group founded by Charlie Kirk made the final stop of its American Comeback tour at the San Francisco Bay Area university, which was met with large and sometimes rowdy protests. Demonstrators gathered outside the hall where the event was being held, chanting and carrying signs with slogans such as “We won the war, why are there still Nazis” and “No safe space for fascist scum”. Dozens of police officers were staged around the campus, blocking entrances and clearing a path for those with tickets to the event. The protest was marked by tense moments and sometimes violent confrontations, including scuffles between demonstrators and counter-demonstrators and some people who allegedly threw things at police officers. A UC Berkeley spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times that four people were arrested, including two people who fought. Photographs from the event showed a Charlie Kirk supporter with a bloodied face. Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights division at the justice department, shared video online posted by rightwing influencers who alleged “Antifa” turned the campus into a war zone. Dhillon said she saw “issues of serious concern regarding campus and local security and Antifa’s ability to operate with impunity in CA” and that campus and the city can expect to receive correspondence from the department. “In America, we do not allow citizens to be attacked by violent thugs and shrug and turn our backs. Been there, done that, not on our watch,” she wrote. 6.49pm GMT Rules committee to meet ahead of House vote on bill to end government shutdown The first step – before the Senate-passed bill to reopen the government heads to the House floor – will require the Rules committee to schedule a vote on the legislation. Politico is reporting, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, that this will take place at around 6pm ET today. The hope is then for an official vote in the lower chamber on Wednesday afternoon. Updated at 6.53pm GMT 6.26pm GMT Republican congressman and chair of House budget committee announces he won't run for re-election in 2026 Jodey Arrington, the Republican congressman from Texas who also serves as chair of the House budget committee, announced that he will not seek re-election in 2026. He is now the first GOP House member to announce his decision to leave Congress at the end of his current term, ahead of the midterm elections. Arrington was one of the key architects of the president’s sweeping domestic policy bill in Congress, and called it the most “consequential piece of legislation in modern history” in his video announcement. “There is a time and season for everything, and this season is coming to a close,” he said. “I will be passing the torch to the next West Texan. Because I believe, as our founding fathers did, in citizen leadership, temporary service, not a career.” The lawmaker’s district, which mainly covers the Lubbock area, is a GOP safe-seat. Updated at 6.52pm GMT 6.13pm GMT Analysis: With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global Donald Trump has, for years, used legal threats and lawsuits to pressure news companies who put out coverage he does not like. After his return to power, a string of US broadcasters and tech firms have paid tens of millions of dollars to settle such cases. The president has now gone global with this campaign, crossing the pond to threaten the BBC with a $1bn lawsuit over an episode of the Panorama documentary program that aired more than a year ago. Related: The BBC’s editing of Trump’s January 6 speech caused controversy – but what did he really say? The saga is only the latest chapter in a campaign meant to keep media institutions that cover Trump on their toes. Often, legal letters sent to media companies on his behalf have not actually led to lawsuits – though many journalists say they have contributed to a chilling effect on coverage. But Trump has also followed through on several lawsuits, and since his re-election one year ago, a series of media and tech companies have chosen to take the easy way out by agreeing to significant settlements. Several of those companies have business before his administration. In July, Paramount, parent company of CBS News, chose to settle a case that Trump had filed in the state of Texas arguing that the company had violated consumer protection laws by misleadingly editing a 60 Minutes interview of then vice-president Kamala Harris. Many legal experts viewed the case as easily winnable for Paramount, considering the unrelated statute he sued under – and that Trump could not credibly claim to have been harmed by the segment since he defeated Harris in the election. But company leadership viewed the lawsuit as an unnecessary distraction, particularly as it sought the federal government’s approval of a merger with Skydance Media. Paramount ultimately paid $16m. Trump also won a settlement last year from ABC, owned by Disney, which he had sued over comments made by anchor George Stephanopoulos. ABC agreed to pay $15m. When combining Trump’s settlements with ABC, CBS and cases against both Facebook parent company Meta and YouTube, which is owned by Google, he has racked up over $80m in agreements. Now the BBC is in his sights. Unlike CBS, owned by Paramount Skydance, and ABC, owned by Disney, the BBC is not part of a complicated corporate empire: it is independent, although its unique structure as a publicly funded organization invites intense scrutiny. But if Trump chooses to sue, Mark Stephens, an international media lawyer at the firm Howard Kennedy, said the case would bring renewed attention to Trump’s comments, and any role he might have played in fomenting the violence of January 6. (Trump claims he did no such thing.) If he sues, he opens a Pandora’s box, and in that Pandora’s box is every damning quote he’s ever uttered about January 6. So this isn’t the hill to die on, in my view. It’s a legal cliff edge, and if he jumps, there’s a high chance he’ll fall. Related: With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global Updated at 6.13pm GMT 5.46pm GMT Top House Democrats vow to oppose shutdown bill over healthcare funding As House Republican leaders move to hold a vote on legislation to reopen the government, top Democrats vowed today to oppose the bill for not addressing their demand for more healthcare funding. Democrats have for weeks demanded that any measure to fund the government include an extension of tax credits for Affordable Care Act health plans, which were created under Joe Biden and due to expire at the end of the year, sending premiums for enrollees higher. With Donald Trump’s encouragement, Congress’s Republican leaders refused, sparking a spending standoff that resulted in the longest government shutdown in US history. But the Democrats’ resolve cracked earlier this week, when a splinter group in the Senate joined with the GOP to craft a compromise bill that reauthorizes government funding through January, without extending the tax credits. The Senate passed that legislation yesterday evening, and the House is expected consider it beginning Wednesday afternoon. The chamber’s top Democrats oppose it, with minority leader Hakeem Jeffries yesterday calling it a “partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the healthcare of the American people”. Today, the House’s largest ideological caucus, the centrist New Democrat Coalition, announced their opposition to the measure. “While New Dems always seek common ground, our coalition remains united in opposition to legislation that sacrifices the wellbeing of the constituents we’re sworn to serve,” chair Brad Schneider said. “Unfortunately, the Senate-passed bill fails to address our constituents’ top priorities, doing nothing to protect their access to healthcare, lower their costs, or curb the administration’s extreme agenda.” The sentiment appears much the same in the congressional progressive caucus, where chair Greg Casar called the measure “a betrayal of millions of Americans counting on Democrats to fight for them”. The Democratic opposition threatens to make for a tight vote for speaker Mike Johnson, who has kept the House out of session for more than 50 days in a bid to pressure Senate Democrats into caving to the GOP’s demands. With a 219-member majority with full attendance, he can only afford to lose two votes on the bill, and Kentucky representative Thomas Massie is likely to vote no. But Democrats may have their own defectors. Maine’s Jared Golden, who last week announced he would not seek another term representing a district that voted for Trump last year, was the only Democrat in September to vote for a Republican funding bill that did not extend the tax credit. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, whose Washington state district is similarly friendly to the president, also expressed her support for that bill. Related: Top House Democrats vow to oppose shutdown bill over healthcare funding 5.40pm GMT Donald Trump sings “God Bless America” during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery earlier today. 5.33pm GMT US firms were shedding more than 11,000 jobs a week through late October, payroll processor ADP said today in its latest real-time estimate of job market trends. Though an ADP report last week estimated the country overall added 42,000 jobs in October versus the month before, Reuters notes that the new estimates show how hiring trends are evolving on a week-to-week basis - in this case pointing to further weakening in a labor market being closely monitored by Federal Reserve policymakers. “The labor market struggled to produce jobs consistently during the second half of the month,” said Nela Richardson, ADP’s chief economist. ADP recently began issuing weekly payroll estimates as a way to augment its monthly jobs report. The data could reinforce some Fed policymakers’ arguments that developing job market weakness warrants further reductions in the US central bank’s benchmark interest rate. The Fed reduced its policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point at each of its last two meetings. Investors expect it to deliver another quarter-percentage-point cut at its December 9-10 meeting. ADP’s payroll data is among several private-sector sources that policymakers have referred to as an alternative - if not a full substitute - to the official statistics that have been missing during the government shutdown. If the shutdown ends this week, a possibility after the Senate’s passage of a temporary funding bill, Fed policymakers should see the flow of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics resume in time for their next meeting, even if some reports are still missing. 5.07pm GMT Trump calls Senate bill a 'very big victory' in Arlington cemetery remarks The president has congratulated House speaker Mike Johnson and Senate majority leader John Thune on the upper chamber’s passage of a short-term spending bill to reopen the government. “Congratulations to you and to John and to everybody on a very big victory,” Trump said during his remarks at Arlington National Cemetery. “We’re opening up our country. Should have never been closed, should have never been closed.” A reminder that the House is considering the legislation today, and could schedule a vote as early as tomorrow. Updated at 5.12pm GMT 4.40pm GMT A Utah judge has handed Democrats a win in the continuing national fight over voting districts by ordering a new map that creates a House seat in a Democratic-leaning area, in a state where Republicans currently control all four positions. The judge, Dianna Gibson, ruled just before a midnight deadline on Monday that a revised map submitted by the Republican-controlled state legislature “unduly favors Republicans and disfavors Democrats”, throwing out lawmakers’ second attempt to draw fair districts. Instead, Gibson approved an alternative proposal drawn by the League of Women Voters of Utah and Mormon Women for Ethical Government. It consolidates Salt Lake county – which includes the state’s largest city – largely within a single district, rather than dividing the Democratic-voting population center among all four seats. The decision is a setback for Republicans in what they had assumed was secure territory, and breathes new life into Democrats’ attempts to reclaim the House of Representatives in next year’s midterm elections. Democrats need to flip just three seats nationally to gain control of the chamber from the GOP majority. Republicans have already locked in advantages in nine seats across Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. They have more potential gains looming in Indiana, Kansas, Florida and Louisiana. Democrats have mounted their own counteroffensive, with California voters last week overwhelmingly backing a ballot measure that could hand the party five additional seats. Virginia’s Democratic-controlled legislature is also moving on a plan that could yield two or three more seats for the party. 4.22pm GMT We’re getting some of the first pictures from Donald Trump’s visit to the largest military cemetery in the country to commemorate US veterans. Updated at 4.41pm GMT 4.11pm GMT Senate bill to reopen government includes provision to allow senators to sue for seized phone records Tucked into the in the short-term funding bill which just passed the Senate, is a key provision that offers a legal path for senators to sue if federal law enforcement seeks out a lawmaker’s phone records or device data without proper notification. “Any Senator whose Senate data, or the Senate data of whose Senate office, has been acquired, subpoenaed, searched, accessed, or disclosed in violation of this section may bring a civil action against the United States if the violation was committed by an officer, employee, or agent of the United States or of any Federal department or agency,” the text reads. Under “limited retroactive applicability” this provision could offer redress to the Republican senators who allege their phone records were seized as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s 2023 investigation into the Capitol insurrection. The bill’s text says that each “violation” could result in at least $500,000 in damages. Updated at 4.40pm GMT 3.55pm GMT In a short while, we’ll hear from Donald Trump as he attends a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and delivers remarks. We’ll bring you the latest as that gets under way. Updated at 4.03pm GMT 3.09pm GMT As government shutdown is poised to end, House prepares for vote on short term funding bill We’re now waiting for the House to schedule a vote on the Senate-passed spending bill that will reopen the government and keep it funded through January. Republican speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Monday that he thinks he has the votes in the lower chamber to secure the bill’s passage. A reminder that Johnson told members to start making plans to return to Washington, since the House has been on recess for more than 50 days, at the speaker’s behest. 2.31pm GMT Trump continues to lambast Chicago, repeating calls to send in national guard Donald Trump also took to Truth Social in the early hours of Tuesday morning to repeat that Chicago’s murder and crime rate has decimated the city. In this instance, he focused on retail. “The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago, once considered our Nation’s BEST, now has a more than 28% vacancy factor, and is ready to call it quits unless something is done about the murder and crime, which is prevalent throughout the City,” the president wrote. “CALL IN THE TROOPS, FAST, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!” Notably, according to data compiled by the Council of Criminal Justice, in the first half of 2025 (January-June), Chicago’s homicide rate was 33% lower than it was for the same period in 2024. 2.05pm GMT As flu season begins in the US, following the deadliest flu outbreak in children outside of a pandemic since record-keeping began in 2004, pediatricians are taking the lead on vaccine messaging. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not plan to resume its “wild to mild” flu vaccination campaign, which was halted in the midst of the record-breaking flu season. Even as places such as Australia and Japan report severe flu seasons, there has also been a drop in global virus samples shared with the US, which help scientists understand which viruses and variants are circulating and how they are mutating. In the 2024-25 flu season, 280 children died from influenza – making it the second-deadliest pediatric flu season on record in the US, second only to the 2009-10 swine flu pandemic. The CDC classified it as a “high severity season”. A total of 109 children were diagnosed with encephalopathy, or brain swelling, related to flu infection, with one-third of those patients suffering acute necrotizing encephalopathy. Three-quarters of the patients with brain swelling needed to be admitted to the intensive care unit, and one in five died from the condition. Among the children who were eligible for the vaccine, 89% had not been fully vaccinated. The CDC is launching a new national campaign to “raise awareness and empower Americans with the tools they need to stay healthy during the respiratory virus season”, said Emily Hilliard, press secretary for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Hilliard did not mention the role of vaccines or respond to a request for more information about the campaign. Pediatricians and other trusted figures are stepping into the communications gaps. “We saw a really bad season last year, and I worry that this season could be even worse,” said Jonathan Miller, associate chief of primary care at Nemours Children’s Health and president of the Delaware chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Related: Pediatricians take lead on vaccine messaging as US flu season begins 1.46pm GMT Trump says the US would be on the hook for trillions of dollars if tariffs are reversed As the supreme court deliberates on the fate of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs – which he maintains are a matter of “national security” as justices appeared skeptical during oral arguments on the case last week – the president said that the US would be forced to hand “in excess of three trillion dollars” if the levies are scrapped, in a late night post on Truth Social. He added: It would not be possible to ever make up for that kind of a ‘drubbing.’ That would truly become an insurmountable National Security Event, and devastating to the future of our Country – Possibly non-sustainable! However, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center, the total revenue of Trump’s tariffs is around $227bn, as of now. 1.20pm GMT The president is in Washington today, and will attend a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Veterans Day. He’s set to deliver remarks at 11am ET while he’s there, so we’ll bring you the latest as that happens. According to the White House schedule, Trump doesn’t have any further engagements. 12.43pm GMT Trump scolds air traffic controllers and blames rivals for economy Gabrielle Canon is climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for Guardian US Donald Trump chastised overwhelmed air traffic controllers, cast blame and doubt in response to poor economic indicators and claimed that increased access to food stamps had put “the country in jeopardy”, in an exclusive interview on Fox News Monday evening. Speaking with Laura Ingraham, the president shared his thoughts on a wide range of topics from housing mortgages to foreign policy, interspersed with insults flung at his political opponents that were teed up by Ingraham’s questions, including Gavin Newsom, the California governor, and Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader. During the conversation, which aired as the Senate voted to end the longest government shutdown in US history, the president also discussed his vision for addressing the healthcare subsidies that have been at the heart of the funding impasse. Democrats have been pushing for an extension to the tax credits that make Affordable Care Act healthcare premiums more affordable for millions of Americans, which are set to expire at the end of the year. Republicans have condemned the credits, saying they only enrich insurers. “I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance,” he told Ingraham, suggesting the strategy could be called “Trump Care”. “They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They’re actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance.” You can read more here: Related: Trump scolds air traffic controllers and blames rivals for economy in interview Updated at 3.35pm GMT 12.32pm GMT Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn (£760m) after accusations that the corporation was failing in its duty of impartiality over the editing of the US president’s speech on 6 January 2021 for a Panorama programme. Lawyers for the US president said that the BBC must retract the Panorama documentary by Friday or face a lawsuit for “no less” than $1bn, according to reports. The BBC has confirmed it had received a letter and said it will respond in due course. You can read all of the latest in our UK politics blog. 12.06pm GMT Trump asks supreme court to throw out jury’s finding in E Jean Carroll lawsuit Donald Trump asked the US supreme court on Monday to throw out a jury’s finding in a civil lawsuit that he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. Trump’s lawyers argued in a lengthy filing with the high court that allegations leading to the $5m verdict were “propped up” by a “series of indefensible evidentiary rulings” that allowed Carroll’s lawyers to present “highly inflammatory propensity evidence” against him. Carroll, a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host, testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower. The jury also found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he made comments in October 2022 denying her allegation. Trump’s lawyers, led by Justin D Smith, a St Louis, Missouri-based attorney, called Carroll’s claims a “politically motivated hoax”. They accused the trial judge, Lewis A Kaplan, of warping federal evidence rules to bolster Carroll’s “implausible, unsubstantiated assertions”. They said by upholding the verdict, the second US circuit court of appeals was in conflict with other federal appeals courts on how such rules should be applied. You can read the full story here: Related: Trump asks supreme court to throw out jury’s finding in E Jean Carroll lawsuit 11.48am GMT The funding legislation extends government funding at current levels through January 2026 along with three year-long provisions that will fund programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the USDA and FDA, and legislative branch operations. The continuing resolution also includes language to stop mass federal firings and reverse dismissals that occurred during the shutdown – prohibiting additional reductions until the end of January – and guarantees back pay to workers who have spent weeks without paychecks. Speaking from the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said he would abide by the terms of the deal, including provisions reinstating federal workers who had received reductions-in-force notice. “We’re going to be opening up our country very quickly,” Trump said. “The deal is very good.” Democrats have been fighting for the permanent extension of subsidies that support Americans relying on the Affordable Care Act, which are scheduled to expire at the end of the year. Without an extension of the tax credits, millions of Americans could see sharp rises in their healthcare premiums or lose their marketplace coverage entirely. You can read the full story by my colleagues, Gabrielle Canon and Lauren Gambino, here: Related: Senate approves funding deal to end longest US government shutdown Updated at 11.49am GMT 11.22am GMT CNN has interviewed Ruben Gallego, a Democratic senator from Arizona, and asked for his reaction to the defections. “I believe and hope that those eight senators are going to do everything they can, whatever they were able to get, in terms of leverage, in terms of favor from these Republicans, that they’re gonna be able to deliver that (better health care deal)” he said. Senate Democrats had resisted efforts to reopen the government, aiming to pressure Republicans into agreeing to extend subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans, which have made private health insurance less costly for millions of Americans. They are set to expire at the end of the year. The mounting effects of the shutdown – which has sidelined federal workers and affected food aid, parks and travel – as well as individual political considerations from Democratic senators seem to have pushed the chamber toward an agreement. The House of Representatives will need to pass the bill before Donald Trump is able to sign it into effect. Updated at 11.29am GMT 10.48am GMT How US senators voted on the shutdown-ending budget bill You can find out how every senator voted in the funding bill here: Related: How US senators voted on the shutdown-ending budget bill Updated at 11.23am GMT 10.26am GMT As we mentioned in the opening post, eight senators in the Democratic caucus worked with Republicans to craft the deal to reopen the US government. They were Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen of Nevada, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, and independent Angus King of Maine who caucuses with the Democrats. You can read about why these Democrats broke rank in this story about the defections by my colleague Joseph Gedeon. Updated at 10.28am GMT 10.22am GMT Senate passes funding package to end government shutdown as Democrats face party backlash Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. The Senate has passed a critical funding bill that could end the longest government shutdown in US history within days. The breakthrough came after some Senate Democrats broke with their party to strike a deal with Republicans, in a move that has enraged many in their caucus. Some Democrats are now calling for the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, to resign, even though he voted against the deal, as many in the party are furious that the agreement does not include any extensions on healthcare subsidies. California governor Gavin Newsom – considered a top contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination – was among those who criticized the deal, saying on Monday he had “deep disappointment, deep concern about my party right now”. “Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,” said congressman Ro Khanna, who represents the Silicon Valley region of California. “If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?” The bill passed in a 60-40 vote on Monday evening, on day 41 of the shutdown, with nearly all Republicans (bar Kentucky’s Rand Paul) joining seven Democrats and an Independent senator – who splintered from the party to approve a compromise deal that would fund most federal agencies until the end of January. Republicans – who hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate – needed the deal to get over the 60-vote minimum threshold. The US president, Donald Trump, has expressed support for the deal, and speaker Mike Johnson has urged members of the House – which has been on an extended recess since the shutdown began – to return in preparation for a vote and a swift delivery to the president’s desk. The shutdown has had devastating impacts on a variety of services, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed, millions at risk of losing Snap food assistance benefits and many other Americans facing travel disruption amid flight delays and cancellations. Stay with us as we bring you the latest political developments. Updated at 4.27pm GMT