Overview
- The Senate called a rare Sunday session with Republicans floating a short-term funding bill through late January plus three longer-term agency packages, but leaders reported no breakthrough.
- A Supreme Court order let the administration withhold full November SNAP funding, and a USDA memo directed states to reverse any complete disbursements already sent to roughly 42 million recipients.
- FAA staffing shortages triggered more than 1,700 flight cancellations from Friday through Sunday after the agency ordered reduced operations across dozens of markets, with hours-long delays at major hubs.
- President Trump urged Congress to reroute Affordable Care Act premium subsidies directly to individuals, a proposal praised by several Republican senators and denounced by Democrats as unworkable.
- Trump also proposed a per-person payment of at least $2,000 funded by tariff revenues, excluding high earners, though costs, eligibility and a legislative path remain unclear.