Washington Today (11-13-25): With gov't open, work begins on backpay, full SNAP, normal air travel

First day of the federal government reopening following a record-long shutdown, and now the work begins to send the government employees who were furloughed back pay, get SNAP food aid benefits that were held up to beneficiaries' accounts and get air travel back to normal.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announces $10,000 bonuses for TSA officers who came to work without being paid during the shutdown.

More reflections on the deal in the U.S. Senate at the start of the week with eight Democrats that reopened the government without getting the health care demands that the other Senate Democrats wanted. We will hear from a Democratic & Republican Senator.

President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order on First Lady Melania Trump's "Fostering the Future" initiative to help children in, and those transitioning out of foster care. The First Lady urges Americans to “Rise above the ease of inaction."

A group of House Democrats blame Republicans in part for not being able to attend the COP30 global climate talks in Brazil;.

Three fired immigration judges talk about the Trump Administration asylum & deportation policies at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

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