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🗓️ 12 November 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Omna Navaz. On the news hour tonight, the deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history now sits in the hands of the House of Representatives. |
| 0:14.7 | A prominent conservative judge resigns to protest what he calls President Trump's assault on the rule of law. |
| 0:22.2 | This president repeatedly, overtly, directs the Department of Justice to prosecute his perceived |
| 0:29.9 | political enemies. |
| 0:31.6 | And our series Rethinking College explores how universities are trying to navigate |
| 0:36.8 | unprecedented demands from the |
| 0:38.8 | Trump administration. |
| 0:51.9 | Welcome to the news hour. The longest ever U.S. government shutdown is on the verge of ending, but not for at least one more day. |
| 0:59.7 | And while a deal to reopen the government passed the Senate last night, there are still plenty of questions about what comes next. |
| 1:06.6 | Let's turn now to congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin. All right, Lisa Dee, what is the latest? |
| 1:11.8 | Okay, as we speak, members of the House of Representatives are making their way by plane, car, |
| 1:16.4 | one by motorcycle, because they expect to vote on this deal tomorrow. |
| 1:20.3 | And part of that, there will be one new member in the House of Representatives. |
| 1:24.6 | That is Adelita Grohalva. |
| 1:26.3 | She is the elected representative from |
| 1:28.7 | Arizona who has not been sworn in. Speaker Johnson has refused to swear her in the Democrat over the |
| 1:34.1 | shutdown. That's a bigger story, but it will affect the voting tomorrow. Now the House, let's look at |
| 1:40.5 | exactly what the situation is. 219 Republicans to 214 Democrats is what will be in place. |
| 1:47.0 | Republicans, therefore, can just spare two votes in order to get this shutdown bill through without help. |
| 1:52.0 | Democratic leaders don't want to give them that help. |
| 1:55.0 | They are telling Democrats to vote no. |
| 1:57.0 | So this will be close. |
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