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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia and Josh Marcus

Trump signs bill ending longest government shutdown in history which disrupted air travel and food benefits for millions

President Donald Trump signed a bill late on Wednesday to reopen the federal government, ending the longest shutdown in American history. The signing follows a House vote earlier in the day, largely along party lines, to send the measure to the White House.

“We will never give in to extortion,” Trump said during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office while flanked by his Republican colleagues Wednesday evening. “Because that’s what it was.”

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