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On Politics

Mon Nov 10 2025

Kathryn Palmer | Politics Reporter

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Hello readers, and welcome to another day of OnPolitics. I'm Kathryn Palmer, currently hoping New York gets a little bit of that wintry weather my more northern friends are experiencing. Here's today's news.

Is the end in sight? Here's the shutdown latest

After lawmakers worked through the weekend, the Senate is moving on legislation to end the shutdown today.

But it's not a done deal, and the compromise between Republicans and Democrats still needs final votes. Should it pass, it would then head for the House, where voting has not yet been scheduled.

After Senate Democrats spent the last 41 days refusing to reopen the government unless health care tax credits were extended, the deal could mean the party will forfeit that hardline stance. The compromise before the Senate includes a commitment to a December vote to extend the Obamacare subsidies, an issue that divides Democrats.

The deal could also fund the government through January and ensure pay for federal workers who've been laid off.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters as he walks to the Senate floor, more than a month into the longest U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025.

Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters

A Politics pit stop:

•	A congressional candidate blasts the shutdown deal and Democrats who supported it. They include her mom
•	Ghislaine Maxwell, who is reportedly getting special privileges in federal prison, intends to ask Trump to commute her prison sentence , according to a Maryland Representative
•	The Supreme Court is slated to decide whether mailed ballots must be received by Election Day after a GOP challenge
•	Trump faces criticism over his handling of inflation and cost-of-living in a new poll that also sees Democrats' 2026 stock rising

Rudy Giuliani, others pardoned over election interference

The president pardoned scores of allies on Monday, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former personal attorney, who faced charges and investigations into possible interference in the 2020 election.

The latest clemencies apply to more than 70 people in what the president called "a process of national reconciliation."

Others pardoned this week include Mark Meadows, Trump's former White House chief of staff; Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department assistant attorney general who is now at the Office of Management and Budget; and Kenneth Chesebro, a private attorney who advised Trump.

Trump orders air traffic controllers back to work

It appears the president is sufficiently confident that Congress will reach a deal to take to social media to order the nation's unpaid air traffic controllers to get back to work.

"All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!!" Trump said. "Anyone who doesn't will be substantially 'docked.'"

Air traffic controllers have continued working without paychecks since the shutdown began, classified as essential personnel. But some failed to show up to work as they pursued other jobs to make ends meet, adding further strain to an already stressed system.

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines to cancel 4% of flights during the weekend and warned the number could climb. More than 10,000 flights were delayed on Nov. 9.

You can reach me at kapalmer@usatoday.com.