President Trump signs bill to reopen government

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President Trump signs government funding bill, ending longest shutdown in US history

President Donald Trump late Wednesday night signed a funding bill that will end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

The House passed the bill by a 222-209 margin earlier in the evening. The Senate passed the bill on Monday.

The legislation will fund the government through Jan. 30 and provide funding for some government agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Miniature American flags flutter in wind gusts across the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025.
Miniature American flags flutter in wind gusts across the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025.

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Nov 11, 2025, 5:07 PM GMT

Fetterman defends vote to end shutdown: 'We need to be the party of order'

Sen. John Fetterman, one of the eight Democrats to join Senate Republicans in passing a government funding deal, defended the move as he joined ABC's "The View" on Tuesday.

"When you're confronting mass, mass chaos, you know, I don't think you should respond with more chaos, or fight with more chaos," Fetterman said. "It's like, no, we need to be the party of order and logic."

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., participates in a debate at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, June 2, 2025, in Boston, as live-streamed on Fox Nation.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., participates in a debate at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, June 2, 2025, in Boston, as live-streamed on Fox Nation.

Fetterman added, "I refuse to weaponize the SNAP benefit for 42 million Americans, you know, that rely on feeding themselves and their family, or making flying in America, you know, less safe, or I refuse not to pay our military and all of the unions attached to all of this and people. So for me, like, it's like, I don't -- I don't agree with that tactic to respond to circumstances that we're confronting on this."

Amid Democrat infighting after the Senate vote, Fetterman said the party has to "have the ability to agree to disagree on some of these core issues right now."

"It's like reasonable Democrats can disagree on certain kinds of core things, but I hope we could all agree that chaos is the wrong response, or the kinds of chaos that our nation has been in after the president's reelection," Fetterman said.

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Nov 11, 2025, 12:34 PM GMT

More than 1,100 flights canceled before dawn on Tuesday, tracker says

Air travel disruptions were continuing on Tuesday across the United States, with more than 1,100 flights canceled before dawn, according to a flight-data tracker.

Some 541 flights within, into or out of the United States also were delayed by about 5 a.m. ET, according to FlightAware, along with the 1,156 that had been canceled.

The FAA ordered airlines to drop 6% on Tuesday and 10% on Friday.

The Federal Aviation Administration continues to limit capacity at 40 major U.S. airports. Piled on top of that, wintry weather conditions slammed parts of the country on Monday.

The airport with the highest count cancellations logged early on Tuesday was Chicago O'Hare International Airport, where more than 60 flights had been canceled before 5 a.m. local time.

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Nov 11, 2025, 6:36 AM GMT

House could vote on government funding bill as early as Wednesday

The House is officially returning to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and will hold its first votes as early as 4:00 p.m. ET to reopen the government, according to a notice from GOP Whip Tom Emmer.

There are several steps House lawmakers will need to take before getting to final passage. Multiple vote series are expected on Wednesday evening.

Emmer tells lawmakers to "stay tuned" for updates on more precise timing for votes.

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Nov 11, 2025, 2:52 AM GMT

Senate passes funding bill to end government shutdown, sending it to House

The Senate passed its bill that would end the government shutdown on Monday night by a vote of 60-40.

The bill now heads to the House of Representatives for further consideration. The House could vote on it as soon as Wednesday and then send it on to President Donald Trump's desk.

The vote was gaveled down at 9:26 p.m. EST. Sen. Eric Schmitt was presiding.

The same Democratic senators who supported this bill during Sunday's procedural vote supported it again on Monday night. Eight members of the Democratic caucus voted in favor of the bills: Sens. Tim Kaine, Dick Durbin, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Jacky Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman and Angus King. Sen. Rand Paul was the only Republican to cast a vote against the bill.

The Senate is expected to depart Washington for a pre-scheduled recess for the rest of the week. They will return to Washington on Monday. Click here for more.