Bipartisan talks in the US Senate to end the federal shutdown have taken a positive turn, with lawmakers working on deals to temporarily reopen the government and introduce three longer-term funding bills for some agencies.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune was asked by reporters whether there had been bipartisan talks within the last 24 hours that had been positive in nature, he responded, "Yeah. I'd say so".

Saturday marked the 39th day of the federal shutdown, which has already sidelined many federal workers and affected food aid, air travel and national parks.

After weeks of faltering talks, Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate seemed to start negotiating in earnest late this week.

Lawmakers on Saturday hoped to unveil the full text of three fiscal 2026 full-year funding meas

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