{"id":3669,"date":"2026-01-11T17:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=3669"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:51:52","slug":"president-trump-signs-bill-ending-government-shutdown-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=3669","title":{"rendered":"President Trump signs bill ending government shutdown \u2013 VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington as his administration took unprecedented unilateral actions \u2014 including canceling projects and trying to fire federal workers \u2014 to pressure Democrats into relenting on their demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signing ceremony came just hours after the House passed the measure on a mostly party-line vote of 222-209. The Senate had already passed the measure Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced tax credit expiring at the end of the year that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. They refused to go along with a short-term spending bill that did not include that priority. But Republicans said that was a separate policy fight to be held at another time&nbsp;<strong>READ MORE BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. Washington as his administration took unprecedented unilateral actions \u2014 including canceling projects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3673,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3669\/revisions\/3673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}