Trump ends shutdown, faces backlash and makes surprise Epstein move amid chaotic week
The 42nd week of his second administration was another busy one for President Donald Trump.This week, Trump signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in history, backed using H-1B visas...
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The 42nd week of his second administration was another busy one for President Donald Trump. This week, Trump signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in history, backed using H-1B visas to hire foreign workers, announced plans to order the Justice Department to evaluate ties between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and other U.S. figures, and issued pardons to those accused of seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Here's a look at what happened. On Wednesday evening, Trump signed legislation that the House and Senate passed earlier in the week to fund the government again, as consequences of the lapse in funding started to mount, such as missed paychecks for federal workers and airline delays due to air traffic controller staffing shortages. The bill maintains funding for the government consistent with fiscal year 2025 spending levels through Jan. 30 to provide a window for lawmakers to nail down a longer appropriations measure for FY 2026. The measure also allocates spending for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which more than 42 million Americans rely on, through September. The program supports non- or low-income individuals or families to purchase groceries on a debit card. TRUMP CANCELS $4.9B FOREIGN AID, PUSHES DC DEATH PENALTY, TOUTS KIM TIES Additionally, the measure reverses layoffs the Trump administration set into motion earlier in October, and pays employees for their absence. Trump also conducted a sit-down interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham that aired both Monday and Tuesday, where he said that bringing foreign workers to the U.S. on H-1B visas is important to "bring in talent" to the U.S. After Ingraham claimed that the U.S. has talent at home, Trump disagreed. "No, you don’t. No, you don’t. You don’t have, you don’t have certain talents, and people have to learn!" Trump said. "You can’t take people off an unemployment line and say I’m gonna put you into a factory where we’re gonna make missiles." LONG…