What to know after House passes Homeland Security funding and ends historic shutdown
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The episode discusses the end of the longest shutdown of a U.S. government agency and the funding of the Department of Homeland Security.
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. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
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