How the Government Will Reopen, and What’s in the Epstein Emails

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<p>Plus, the penny’s last day.</p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/government-shutdown-vote-trump.html" target="_blank">Government Reopens as Trump Signs Bill to End Nation’s Longest Shutdown</a> by Catie Edmondson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/epstein-emails-trump.html" target="_blank">What Newly Released Emails Tell Us About Epstein and Trump</a> by Steve Eder and Nicholas Confessore</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-homeless-funding.html" target="_blank">Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants</a> by Jason DeParle</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/business/penny-coin-legacy.html" target="_blank">The Penny Dies at 232</a> by Victor Mather</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/william-rataczak-dead.html" target="_blank">William Rataczak, Co-Pilot of Flight Hijacked by D.B. Cooper, Dies</a> at 86 by Michael S. Rosenwald</p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>