President Donald Trump has signed a short-term spending bill that ends the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. He approved the measure just hours after the House of Representatives voted 222 to 209 on Wednesday night. The Senate had narrowly passed the same legislation two days earlier following tense negotiations. In the Oval Office, Trump said the government would “resume normal operations” after “people were hurt so badly” during the 43-day closure. Since October, many federal agencies had halted operations. About 1.4 million government employees were either on unpaid leave or working without pay. Food assistance programs froze, and nationwide…
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