President Donald Trump late Wedneday night signed a bill that will fund the government through Jan. 30 after the House passed it earlier Wednesday.

President Trump signed the bill into law in the Oval Office after the House voted to pass the funding measure earlier in the evening.

Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the rising discontent coming from fellow Republicans.

The rapid-fire swing in fortunes for both parties is the result of a narrowly divided nation quick to throw out elected officials seen as slow to improve their lives. To many Americans, government is literally not working, as evidenced by a federal shutdown that has now stretched into the longest in U.S. history.

On Tuesday, Day 42 of the government shutdown, things were still closed, and some experts said we may have to endure this again - and again.

A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track. A handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to advance the bill after what's become a deepening disruption of federal programs and services.

Negotiations between party leaders to open the government have picked up steam in recent days, though a resolution still appears uncertain.

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People walk along the National Mall, in view of the U.S. Capitol building, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Members of the House of Representatives headed back to Washington on Tuesday,