Longest U.S. government shutdown in history ends

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a temporary government budget to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

The US leader said that by signing "this incredible bill," he gets the country "working again."

Earlier, the stopgap funding measure was passed by the U.S. Congress. The document was supported by 222 lawmakers, while 209 voted against it. The legislation will keep the government operating through January 30.

The funding bill does not include any extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire in January and cause sharp increases in health care premiums. Democrats had for weeks insisted that they would only support a funding agreement that included extensions for those subsidies.

The current U.S. government shutdown has become the longest in the country’s history, breaking the record set in 2018-2019 during Trump’s first term as president (2017-2021).