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Published On 12 Nov 2025

  • President Donald Trump has signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in US history after the House of Representatives passed a bill to end the funding impasse.
  • Trump claimed the reopening of federal government as a “big victory” for Republicans. He told sports network ESPN that only “people that hate our country want to see it not open”.