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Aidan Tavor, center, directs traffic as volunteers help load vehicles during a food distribution at the San Antonio Food Bank for SNAP recipients and other households affected by the federal shutdown, Thursday, November 6, 2025, in San Antonio. (Photo by Eric Gay/AP Photo)

At the San Antonio Food Bank, Aidan Tavor (center) directs traffic while volunteers load vehicles for a distribution aiding SNAP recipients and others affected by the federal government shutdown on November 6, 2025. (Photo by Eric Gay/AP Photo)

Ligia Daiana Back cries over the debris of her house destroyed by a tornado with winds of up to 250 km/h that hit the city of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, in Paraná state, Brazil, on November 8, 2025. A tornado killed at least six people and injured around 750 as it destroyed most of a town in southern Brazil, authorities said Saturday. The twister on Friday evening flipped cars like toys and wrecked buildings in Rio Bonito do Iguacu, a town of 14,000 people in Parana state, officials said. (Photo by Daniel Castellano/AFP Photo)

Ligia Daiana Back weeps amid the debris of her home, destroyed by a 250 km/h tornado that struck Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, Brazil, on November 8, 2025. The tornado killed at least six people, injured 750, and devastated most of the southern town.(Photo by Daniel Castellano/AFP Photo)

A bloodied man who was distributing “Freedom” shirts is detained following a scuffle with a protester outside a Turning Point USA event at the University of California, Berkeley on Monday, November 10, 2025, in Berkeley, Calif. (Phoot by Noah Berger/AP Photo)

A bloodied man is detained after a scuffle with a protester outside a Turning Point USA event at the University of California, Berkeley, on November 10, 2025. The man had been distributing “Freedom” shirts.(Phoot by Noah Berger/AP Photo)

U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio and Chef José Andrés attend the funeral service for conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall at the Washington National Cathedral on November 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Goodall, who passed away on October 1, 2025 at the age of 91, spent more than six decades of her career dedicated to the study of wild chimpanzees. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), actor-environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio, and chef José Andrés attend the funeral for renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall at the Washington National Cathedral on November 12, 2025.(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

People listen to speakers during a Veterans Day protest before a march to a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, Tuesday, November 11, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (Photo by Jenny Kane/AP Photo)

Protesters listen to speakers during a Veterans Day rally in Portland, Oregon, before marching to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on November 11, 2025.(Photo by Jenny Kane/AP Photo)

A tour guide leads a tour group through the US Capitol in Washington, DC on November 13, 2025, a day after the US Government reopened. The US government was set to take the first tentative steps towards re-opening on Thursday after President Donald Trump signed a bill to end the longest federal shutdown in US history. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP Photo)

A tour guide leads a group through the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2025, one day after the federal government reopened, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history.(Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP Photo)

The northern lights are seen above the sculpture “And You, Seas” by sculptor Richard Hunt, Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at Silver Beach County Park in St. Joseph, Mich. (Photo by Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP Photo)

The northern lights illuminate the sky above “And You, Seas,” a sculpture by Richard Hunt, at Silver Beach County Park in St. Joseph, Michigan, on November 12, 2025.(Photo by Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP Photo)

U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach holds one of the last pennies pressed at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, Wednesday, November 12, 2025. (Photo by Matt Slocum/AP Photo)

U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach holds one of the final pennies minted at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia on November 12, 2025.(Photo by Matt Slocum/AP Photo)

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) applauds as U.S. President Donald Trump signs the funding bill to end the U.S. government shutdown, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) applauds as President Donald Trump signs a funding bill to end the federal government shutdown during a White House ceremony on November 12, 2025.(Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

White House Border Czar Tom Homan steps away from reporters outside the West Wing after a television interview at the White House on November 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Homan has been accused of taking a $50,000 bribe from undercover FBI agents. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

White House Border Czar Tom Homan departs after a television interview on November 14, 2025. Homan, who faces accusations of accepting a $50,000 bribe from undercover FBI agents, did not take questions from reporters.(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Cook County Sheriff Police detain a protester outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Friday, November 14, 2025. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)

Cook County sheriff’s police detain a protester outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, on November 14, 2025.(Photo by Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)

Dan Hawkins, Justin Hawkins and Frankie Poullain of The Darkness perform at The Fillmore on November 13, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images)

Dan Hawkins, Justin Hawkins, and Frankie Poullain of the band The Darkness perform on stage at The Fillmore in San Francisco on November 13, 2025.(Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images)

Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, on November 14, 2025. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters)

Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration policies outside a Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility on November 14, 2025.(Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters)

TV personality Meredith Marks at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, NV on Friday, November 14, 2025. (Photo by: Griffin Nagel/Bravo via Getty Images)

TV personality Meredith Marks attends an event at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 14, 2025.(Photo by: Griffin Nagel/Bravo via Getty Images)

Travelers wait at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Friday, November 7, 2025. More than 1,000 flights were canceled on the first day of the Trump administration’s mandatory cuts to reduce US air traffic. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)

Travelers queue at a security checkpoint in Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on November 7, 2025, as more than 1,000 flights were canceled on the first day of federal mandatory air traffic cuts.(Photo by Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)

A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent appear at a news conference in Washington, DC, after they voted with Republicans on an agreement that would end the federal government shutdown on Sunday, November 9, 2025. From left are Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Maine Sen. Angus King, New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine. Three other Democrats, not pictured, also voted with Republicans. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

A group of Democratic senators and one independent who caucuses with them hold a news conference after voting with Republicans on a deal to end the federal shutdown on November 9, 2025.(Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lifts off for its second mission, the NG-2, from Space Launch Complex 36 at the Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 13, 2025. New Glenn, the towering rocket built by Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin, is set to take off on its second mission as competition intensifies with Elon Musk's SpaceX. (Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP Photo)

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launches on its second mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 13, 2025, marking a significant step in the company’s competition with SpaceX.(Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP Photo)

Fall foliage in full color is seen in New York City's Central Park during sunset, as vibrant red, orange, and yellow leaves blanket the park against the Manhattan skyline in the United States on November 13, 2025. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The Manhattan skyline provides a backdrop for vibrant fall foliage in New York City’s Central Park at sunset on November 13, 2025.(Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

This image released by the Mammoth Lakes Police Department shows the Pack Fire burning on Thursday, November 13, 2025, in Mono County, Calif. (Photo by Mammoth Lakes Police Department via AP Photo)

The Pack Fire burns in Mono County, California, in this image released by the Mammoth Lakes Police Department on November 13, 2025.(Photo by Mammoth Lakes Police Department via AP Photo)

Milan Piqué Mebarak, Shakira, and Sasha Piqué Mebarak attend the world premiere of Zootopia 2 at El Capitan Theatre on November 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

Shakira and her sons, Milan and Sasha Piqué Mebarak, attend the world premiere of “Zootopia 2” at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 13, 2025.(Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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