{"id":171736,"date":"2025-11-13T15:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/live-updates-federal-employees-go-back-to-work-trump-foes-to-challenge-u-s-prosecutor-in-court-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:15:15","slug":"live-updates-federal-employees-go-back-to-work-trump-foes-to-challenge-u-s-prosecutor-in-court-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/live-updates-federal-employees-go-back-to-work-trump-foes-to-challenge-u-s-prosecutor-in-court-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Federal employees go back to work, Trump foes to challenge U.S. prosecutor in court – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to hold a vote next week on whether to order the Justice Department to release all the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Ben McAdams, a Democrat who defeated a Republican incumbent in 2018 but narrowly lost re-election two years later, has launched a comeback bid in Utah.
The Democrat is jumping into the new congressional seat created after a court tossed the state’s old congressional lines and approved a new map with a solid Democratic district<\/a> in Salt Lake City.
“I’m tired of leaders in D.C. and Trump talking about affordability like it’s just some slogan. We need wages that can actually buy groceries, we need homes that families can afford. And nobody should be afraid of medical bills,” McAdams sa<\/a>id<\/a> in a video announcing his bid<\/a>.
Health and Human Services employees were told the agency would try to get furloughed employees paychecks with back pay on or before Nov. 21, according to an email obtained by NBC News.
State Department employees received guidance late last night instructing them to report back to work this morning following the signing of the short-term government funding measure, known on Capitol Hill as a continuing resolution, or CR.
\u201cNow that a CR has been enacted, we can all continue the critical work of advancing our national interests on behalf of the American people,\u201d an undersecretary for management at the State Department, Jason S. Evans, wrote in email obtained by NBC News. \u201cWe look forward to all our people returning to work expeditiously on your next scheduled workday.\u201d
The email included a link to FAQs for employees on returning to work and an update on issues related to back pay and bidding for their next positions and overseas posts.
Despite a vote to end the government shutdown, the ripple effects are being felt at airports across the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration announcing it will hold flight cancellations at 6% as it continues to assess whether the system can gradually return to normal operations. The goal is to relieve the stress of staffing shortages, but it\u2019s unclear when airlines will be able to resume their full slate of takeoffs. NBC\u2019s Sam Brock reports for “TODAY.”
Billy Edmonson voted for Trump in 2024 because of his stances on border security, gun rights and the economy. One year after casting his ballot, Edmonson is finding it difficult to make ends meet.
\u201cEverything\u2019s already so expensive. … That\u2019s the worst thing about his presidency so far, is he promised things coming down and prices are not coming down. I make more money than I\u2019ve ever made in my life right now, and it has, financially, been a struggle,\u201d said Edmonson, a 35-year-old construction worker from Missouri.
Edmonson recalled that Trump promised to start lowering prices on his first day in office.
\u201cIt just doesn\u2019t seem like there\u2019s been a whole lot of focus on, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s get these prices down.\u2019 It\u2019s just been like, \u2018Hey, prices are high because Biden did this.\u2019 It\u2019s like, well, Biden\u2019s not in office anymore,\u201d said Edmonson, a self-described independent, later adding, \u201cIt\u2019s personally frustrating.\u201d
Edmonson is not alone. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of registered voters, including 30% of Republicans, said in the recent\u00a0national NBC News poll<\/a>\u00a0that Trump has fallen short of their expectations on the cost of living and the economy. After being one of the big reasons why Trump won a return to the White House in 2024, Trump\u2019s performance on the economy has become one of the big drags on his second term.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
The group Airlines for America, which includes airlines such as American, Delta and United, released a statement calling for a long-term solution to make sure air travel isn’t hurt in the future by political disagreements.
“We implore Congress to ensure future funding bills do not allow aviation to become collateral damage in Washington\u2019s policy debates,” the trade group said in a statement.
Airlines for America pointed to a $5 billion Federal Aviation Administration fund that the group says “could be used to pay air traffic controllers during future shutdowns.”
“We ask Congress to consider legislation that would implement a long-term solution,” Airlines for America said.
Federal workers, including air traffic controllers, went unpaid during the shutdown. Last week, the Trump administration announced that flights would be cut to reduce strain as the shutdown dragged on.
Speaker Mike Johnson said the House will vote next week to repeal a provision slipped into the bill to\u00a0end the shutdown<\/a>\u00a0that would allow senators to\u00a0sue the government for potentially millions of dollars<\/a>\u00a0if their data is obtained without notifying them.
Johnson said he was \u201cshocked\u201d and \u201cangry\u201d when he learned about the provision, which would\u00a0uniquely benefit eight Republican senators<\/a>, whose phone records \u2014 but not the contents of their calls or messages \u2014 were found to have been accessed as part of the investigation that led to former special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s probe into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Speaker Mike Johnson defended Republican lawmakers\u2019 handling of the Epstein files and said \u201cmore is to come\u201d as the House is set to vote next week on releasing more of the files. After a weekslong delay, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., yesterday secured the signatures they need to bypass GOP leaders and force a floor vote to compel the Justice Department to release all the files in its investigation into Epstein.
The Smithsonian has announced it will reopen several museums tomorrow, including the Museum of American History, the National Air and Space Museum and its annex in Virginia, which houses planes and space artifacts.
Other museums and the National Zoo are set to reopen on a “rolling basis by Monday,” the Smithsonian’s website <\/a>said.
Trump can\u2019t seem to escape Jeffrey Epstein. All summer, the Trump administration tried to\u00a0brush back questions<\/a>, including from allies, around\u00a0its handling<\/a>\u00a0of the late financier\u2019s case. The issue quieted down for over the past few weeks, with the government shut down and Congress preoccupied.
But it\u00a0re-emerged yesterday<\/a>, just as the shutdown is set to end. The latest twist comes at an inopportune time for Trump, with the president already in the midst of criticism from longtime supporters over his economic rhetoric and policy proposals in the wake of\u00a0Republican candidates being routed<\/a>\u00a0in last week\u2019s off-year elections.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
When acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan walks into federal court here in Virginia this morning, it will be Halligan \u2014 not the criminal defendants she hopes to prosecute \u2014 at the center of the court\u2019s attention.
Former FBI Director\u00a0James Comey<\/a>\u00a0and New York Attorney General\u00a0Letitia James,\u00a0<\/a>both frequent targets of Trump, filed separate motions in their respective cases, arguing that Halligan is unlawfully serving as acting U.S. attorney and therefore\u00a0the indictments against them<\/a>\u00a0should be thrown out. In a rare joint hearing, attorneys for Comey and James will argue this together before U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie, who is traveling up from the District of South Carolina.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to report to work today, according to three administration officials. The directive came before\u00a0Trump signed a short-term funding bill last night<\/a>.
Government workers at the Health and Human Services Department, Department of the Interior, Housing and Urban Development Department, and Department of Justice were all advised to come in on Thursday, regardless of when the measure was signed.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
NBC News<\/p>\n

source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to hold a vote next week on whether to order the Justice Department to release all the Jeffrey Epstein files.Ben McAdams, a Democrat who defeated a Republican incumbent in 2018 but narrowly lost re-election two years later, has launched a comeback bid in Utah. The Democrat is jumping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}