WASHINGTON — For the first time in more than 40 days, Washington was set to open for business Thursday, although some federal services would be slow to return and thousands of government employees were left unsure of when they might receive their missing paychecks.

The longest federal shutdown in U.S. history came to a close Wednesday night as President Donald Trump signed legislation to reopen the government, but it will take some time for the programs and people who were affected by the funding freeze to recover.

Furloughed federal employees will have to come back to work, including those responsible for processing payments to programs that are dependent on government dollars. Industries such as the airline and hospitality sectors, which felt the punch of the government’s spending laps

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