The United States Senate passed legislation on Friday that ended the longest government shutdown in history, according to various media reports.
The bill will fund the government until February 15 while legislators try to strike a broader deal on immigration in the meantime. Crucially, the bill did not make provision for funding for US President Donald Trump's border wall after he finally relented over the matter on Friday. It will now proceed to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to be voted on quickly so that it can be signed into law by Trump as soon as possible.
Trump announced earlier today that a deal had been reached to reopen the US federal government. It ended a shutdown that had lasted for 35 days, making it the longest ever in US history.
