Resolution to US government shutdown

THE longest-ever US government shutdown moved forward this week toward an eventual resolution, after several Democratic senators broke ranks to join Republicans in a 60-40 vote passing a compromise deal - sparking intra-party backlash.

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Since October 1, the first day of the shutdown, more than a million federal workers have been unpaid, while government benefits and services have been increasingly disrupted.

Severe impacts on air traffic have begun to mount in recent days, with more than 1 000 flights cancelled daily, raising the political pressure to end the stalemate.

“We'll be opening up our country very quickly” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, adding: “the deal is very good.”

After the vote, Senate Republican Leader John Thune wrote on X that he was glad to support the “clear path to ending this unnecessary shutdown in a responsible way that quickly pays federal workers and reopens the federal government.”

Democratic Senator John Fetterman, who voted to support the Republican measure, posted to X.