

The longest shutdown of a U.S. government agency in history has ended, after Trump signed a House-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security. The administration had warned that money to pay thousands of federal security workers would run out after Thursday without new funding. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins has the latest from the Capitol.Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Geoff Bennett: The longest shutdown of a government agency in history has ended with President Trump today signing a House-passed bill to fund most of the Homeland Security Department. Amna Nawaz: The administration had warned that money to pay thousands of federal security workers would run out after today without new funding.Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins is back with us here after spending the day reporting at the Capitol.So, Lisa, what finally changed to end this shutdown? Lisa Desjardins: You, know it was a matter of who changed, and that was House Republicans.As we were coming into today, there was pressure from President Trump and from House Republican leaders themselves on some of their voters. And suddenly a rainbow appeared, Amna, as it does. Here's exactly what happened.The
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