The Shutdown Deal Is the Same One Trump Previously Rejected
The president relented to political pressure on Friday, agreeing to reopen the government after 35 days without receiving money he demanded for a southern-border wall.
Updated at 7:29 p.m. ET on January 25, 2019.
On the 35th day of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Donald Trump gave in.
And for all the drama of the past month, the deadlock over whether to construct a wall along the southern border will end, for now, how it began: with the president accepting a deal he previously rejected, punting the question a few weeks down the road.
Trump on Friday afternoon said he would sign legislation to reopen the government for three weeks without the $5.7 billion in funding for
