President Donald Trump will fête Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia. Trump announced a deal to sell the kingdom F-35 fighter jets.

Trump meets with Mohammed bin Salman to discuss the evolving landscape in the Middle East as the U.S. and Saudi Arabia seek to build a stronger partnership.

NASA will reveal new imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Wednesday (Nov. 19), and you can watch it live. The 3I/ATLAS photos, which were "collected by a number of the agency's missions," according to a statement NASA posted on Monday afternoon (Nov. 17), will be unveiled during a press conference on Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT).

Watch live coverage as President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the McDonald’s Impact Summit in Washington, D.C.

Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks on the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact) between the United States, Canada, and Finland.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a bleak open for Wall Street shares after they racked up steep falls on Thursday. Citing worries about inflation and signs of relative stability in the labor market after two U.S. rate cuts this year, a growing number of Federal Reserve policymakers are signaling reticence on further easing.

Get live updates and the latest news as government agencies reopen and workers begin receiving paychecks while airlines await clearance to resume full flights.

Welcome to cwg.live, updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather Gang meteorologists. Happening now: Morning sunshine may give way to a few midday and afternoon clouds — some breezes, too. Highs get well into the 50s, even with clouds, but around 60 if there’s enough sun.