Trump Signs Short-Term Bill To End Government Shutdown, But Border Fight Still Looms

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., seen in September 2018, helped broker a possible deal between lawmakers that could end the government shutdown.

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Updated at 9:45 p.m. ET

The longest government shutdown in history ended after President Trump signed a bipartisan three-week stopgap funding measure late Friday. Several agencies had been partially shuttered for 35 days.

“I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government,” Trump said earlier Friday in the White House Rose Garden, announcing the long-awaited bipartisan breakthrough.