Senators have passed a deal that paves the way to ending the longest US government shutdown in history, the BBC reports.
A group of Democratic lawmakers backed an agreement negotiated with Republicans in the Senate.
After 40 days of stalemate, this is the first sign of any progress – but the deal still needs to pass the House, and Democrats opposed to it in the Senate could slow the process down.
Some high-profile Democrats are furious a minority of their Senate colleagues did a deal with Trump’s Republicans.
In recent weeks, hundreds of thousands of government workers have gone without pay, and services have been disrupted across the US.
