Trump signs bill to end record-breaking US shutdown

US President Donald Trump (C) shows the signed bill package to re-open the federal government as the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (L) and other Republican leaders applaud in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2025.[AFP]

President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history -- 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game.

The Republican-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to approve a Senate-passed package that will reopen federal departments and agencies, as many Democrats fume over what they see as a capitulation by party leaders.