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The federal government's wheels are turning once more.

At least they're starting to.

The longest ever federal government shutdown has finally ended for now.

President Trump on Wednesday night signed a bill funding the government through January and reversing the layoffs of thousands of federal employees.

But as delayed food assistance starts to make its way to those in need and airports get canceled flights back on board, we are still feeling the impact.

Republicans in Washington are blaming Democrats and vice versa.

House Democrats reiterate our strong opposition to the spending bill because it fails to

address the Republican health care crisis.

This was an easy extension, but they didn't want to do it the easy way.

They had to do it the hard way. They looked very bad the Democrats do.

The White House is especially interested in casting blame right now after new emails released on the

Jeffrey Epstein case appear to show some of the clearest links yet between President Trump

and Epstein sex trafficking.

And we could be days away from getting a whole lot more information about that case as well.

We're going to talk about all of that, plus lots more from this week with our panel here in studio with me in Washington.

Is Neftali Ben David, senior national political correspondent for the Washington Post.

Hi, Neftali.

Hi, thanks for having me. Wendy Benjaminson, also with us, Washington Senior Editor for Bloomberg News.

Hi, Wendy. Hi, thanks for having me. And David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief for the Guardian.

Thanks for joining us, David. Hi, great to be here. Let's start with the government shutdown,

which formally ended Wednesday after President Trump signed a bill funding the government.

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