The federal government is back open after a record-breaking 43-day shutdown ‒ but the effects from the nation's longest-ever shutdown could linger.

The spending bill reopens and funds the federal government until Jan. 30, 2026, with some agencies like the Department of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs funded through the end of the fiscal year. Here's what to know about the government reopening.

Few of the divides that fueled the 43-day shutdown have been resolved, and a fractured Congress is on the clock to find a budgetary solution.

President Trump signed the bill into law in the Oval Office after the House voted to pass the funding measure earlier in the evening.

President Donald Trump late Wedneday night signed a bill that will fund the government through Jan. 30 after the House passed it earlier Wednesday.

The government is starting to reopen after President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through Jan. 30.

Federal employees could be seen heading into work in Washington on Thursday (November 13), the morning after President Donald Trump signed legislation ending the 43-day government shutdown, the longest in U.