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America's House of Representatives approved a spending package to reopen the federal government after a 43-day shutdown.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill on

Wednesday night. The legislation, which was passed with a 222-209 vote, will keep government funding

until the end of January. Mike Johnson, the Republican House Speaker, blamed Democrats for the, quote, pointless and foolish

shutdown. Democrats on an American congressional committee released new documents from Jeffrey

Epstein's estate, suggesting that Donald Trump spent time in Epstein's house with one of his victims.

In another email, Epstein, a sex offender who killed himself in 2019, claims Mr. Trump, quote,

knew about the girls. Mr. Trump has long denied knowledge of Epstein's sex trafficking.

The White House accused the Democrats of creating

a fake narrative. Adelita Grahava, a Democrat who won a special election in September,

was sworn into America's House of Representatives after shutdown induced delays.

She immediately signed a petition to force a vote to make the Justice Department release its files on Mr. Epstein.

The measure had been one signatory short.

Separately, the House will vote on Wednesday night on a bill to end the longest-ever

government shutdown.

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