Sharon Reich-Garson

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The US government is back in business after the longest shutdown in US history.

Flights are resuming, food assistance is flowing again, and paychecks are coming for more than a million workers.

But the fight that triggered it all, the Affordable Care Act subsidies, isn't resolved.

They expire in December, and without them, 24 million Americans are facing massive premium hikes.

Democrats are still hopeful that they can extend the subsidies, given a commitment by Senate Republicans to take up the issue.

But Republicans say Democrats are just propping up a dysfunctional system.

I spoke to national affairs reporter Nathan Lane, who traveled to West Virginia, one of the nation's most reliably conservative states, where he says this could be the issue one Republican candidate makes his own in 2026.

The Louvre jewel heist sent shockwaves globally.

Now, a month later, investigators are zeroing in on Antwerp.

The city is the heart of the global diamond trade, and it's also home to a sprawling underworld.

Most shops there play by the rules, but some give criminals a way to move their stolen gold and jewels.

Paris-based reporter Gabriel Stargarder says the links between France and Belgium's underworlds are well established.

So what challenges do investigators face as they're trying to penetrate these groups and gather evidence, maybe even track down the jewels?

If you want to understand the big picture in the US economy, you need solid data.

But because of the recent government shutdown, the usual flow of numbers from the Fed has stopped.

That means analysts and reporters are a lot more in the dark.

No fresh updates on unemployment, inflation, or even GDP.

I checked in with reporter Howard Schneider, who covers the Federal Reserve,