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.

The U.S. government is due to lumber back to life after the longest shutdown in history snarled air traffic, cut food assistance to low-income Americans and forced more than 1 million workers to go unpaid for more than a month.

A judge will hear arguments Thursday on the validity of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment to lead the Eastern District of Virginia.

From concern to skepticism, Venezuelans in Caracas are expressing a range of emotions a day after the United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier strike group arrived in the Latin American region and intensified the friction between both nations.

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,

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.

US lawmakers have called for the Trump administration to respond to reporting that Chinese firms are helping Tehran rebuild its ballistic missile program in defiance of United Nations sanctions.

The government reopening spells the return of official data releases closely watched by the Fed and Wall Street.