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Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill, averting government shutdown

US President Donald Trump (pictured) on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a federal government shutdown in a crisis of his own making.

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