President Trump formally brought the longest government shutdown in history to an end on Wednesday night when he signed a funding bill to reopen the government, which had been shuttered for a record-setting 43 days.

The remarks come during a busy day in Washington, D.C., where House lawmakers passed the resolution, and sent it on to the president in order to end the longest government shutdown on record. The president's remarks are expected to begin at 9:45 p.

White House reporters were abruptly rushed out of the Oval Office after a press conference attendee suffered a medical emergency.

TV host and now Trump official Dr Mehmet Oz stepped in to help the man while the US president looked on in silence. The event, highlighting lower prices for “fat drugs,” as Mr Trump called the weight loss pharmaceuticals, was abruptly ended while medics took over.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. It is the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House and comes six months after the pair first met in Saudi Arabia .