Trump narrowly avoids another government shutdown
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump ratified a last-minute budget Bill after it was passed at dawn today — avoiding a government shutdown by the skin of his teeth.
Millions of federal employees faced being sent home from work or going unpaid if temporary funding legislation passed last month expired without a replacement measure being put in place.
But the lower House of Representatives debated through the night to approve a $400 billion (£290bn) Bill passed by the Senate late yesterday.
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