The US House of Representatives has voted to reopen the federal government after the longest shutdown in history.

House lawmakers made a long-awaited return to the nation's capital on Wednesday, local time, after nearly eight weeks away.

They voted in support of a stopgap funding package to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air traffic control system.

The measure, which has already been passed by the Senate , will now be sent on to President Donald Trump.

The White House says Mr Trump will sign the bill into law later on Wednesday night. Loading

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