US shutdown on track to end as House approves Trump funding deal

The partial US government shutdown is on track to end later on Tuesday after the House passed a funding deal US President Donald Trump negotiated with Senate Democrats, overcoming opposition from both ends of the political spectrum. The spending package, which Trump has said he wants enacted quickly, now goes to the president for his signature. The House vote was 217 to 214. Still, a more limited funding lapse looms since the Department of Homeland Security would be funded only through February...