U.S. ends record shutdown after 43 days

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The United States has reopened after a record 43-day government shutdown, with President Donald Trump signing a temporary funding bill restoring federal services, worker pay and key programs while leaving major political disputes unresolved.

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00:00Welcome back. The United States has ended its longest government shutdown in history

00:05after President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to reopen federal agencies

00:10following 43 days of closure.

00:13The House approved the measure Wednesday night,

00:15restoring pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers

00:18and restarting key services, including food aid and air traffic operations.

00:24The bill only funds the government through January 30th,

00:30leaving Congress with another deadline to avoid a new shutdown.

00:33Democrats had hoped to use the impasse to extend federal health insurance subsidies

00:37for 24 million Americans, but the deal makes no such provision.

00:42The end of the shutdown allows air travel operations to recover

00:46and restarts food assistance for millions.

00:48But some economic damage may be lasting longer.

00:51Critical labor and inflation reports for October may be lost,

00:54and economists say the shutdown shaved more than a tenth of a percentage point of weekly GDP.

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