The US House of Representatives approved a short-term spending bill to reopen the government following the longest shutdown in American history. The measure - which had the support of Republicans in both chambers - passed two days after the Senate approved the same measure by a narrow margin.

The end of the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown is in sight, which means official economic data will soon be forthcoming. But even if investors and the Federal Reserve are breathing a sigh of relief,

Lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James are expected to argue in court Thursday that the bank fraud charges against her should be tossed out.

On Tuesday, NOAA issued a G4, or severe, geomagnetic storm watch in response to recent coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, from the sun. CMEs are huge bubbles of coronal plasma that the sun occasionally ejects, NASA says. The highest geomagnetic storm level is G5, which is considered extreme.

China is grappling with a glut of soybeans after months of record imports, curbing prospects for U.S. exports despite a recent trade truce that Washington said includes a pledge by Beijing to resume heavy purchases.

China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft of about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s most recent attempt to attribute major cyberattacks to the US.

After making remarks, President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to reopen the US government and end the longest shutdown in US history. "The country has never been in better shape," the president says just before signing the bill. "It's a great day," Trump continues as reporters are being ushered out of the Oval Office.