President Donald Trump signed a temporary funding bill into law late Wednesday (November 12), officially ending the longest government shutdown in United States history at 43 days.

The move came roughly two hours after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the measure by a vote of 222-209, with the President's support ensuring Republican unity despite furious opposition from most Democrats.

The legislation revives a hobbled air-traffic control system, restarts disrupted food assistance programs, and guarantees back pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

Federal Employees Return To Work

President Trump's signature on the bill, which cleared the Senate earlier in the week, brings immediate relief to approximately 4$1.3$ million federal employees who were ei

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