Trump, Democrat and government shutdown
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President Trump signed a bill reopening the government Wednesday night, but it will take more than a day for some things to return to business as usual. We're tracking those here.
After 43 days and more than a dozen attempts to reopen the government, President Trump signed the funding package.
Here’s what to know about the government shutdown and its impact, by the numbers: 43 – Number of days the shutdown lasted, the longest ever. Since 1977, the U.S. government has failed to meet a funding deadline on 20 separate occasions, posting an average shutdown length of eight days, the Bank of America Institute said in a memo last month.
The government is back open. There are lots of questions about what this means, how we got here and where we go from here. Let's dig in.
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Court-appointed lawyers and their clients face fallout from government shutdown, funding crisis
The longest U.S. government shutdown in history is officially over, but the fallout will continue to hit federally funded defense lawyers and the people they represent.
With the funding deal due to expire at the end of January, Americans are saving up to cope with no income again.
Federal employees who have gone without pay during the 43-day government shutdown could begin getting paychecks as soon as this Sunday.
The longest federal government shutdown in history is now history, and agencies and services are starting to slowly come back to normal.
Democrats are turning on each other after Senate moderates voted with Republicans to end the shutdown, drawing fire from progressives demanding a tougher fight.
The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 days to anything but normalcy, employees from across the country told CNN.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said new air traffic controllers' starting pay is $180,000. It's more like $55,000 — and their mean wage is $137K.