Some are calling it a compromise, others a caving-in. Eight Democratic Senators on Sunday joined their GOP colleagues to break the impasse over government funding that had resulted in the longest-ever federal shutdown in U.S. history.

It’s only a first step toward reopening the government, but President Donald Trump described the development as “getting close” to the end of the shutdown, which entered its 41st day on Monday and has resulted in hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed , thousands of flights delayed or cancelled due to staffing challenges , and millions facing dwindling food assistance benefits .

Senate Democrats had been withholding their support for a House-passed funding bill over healthcare subsidies they wanted extended, but the eight Democrats wh

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