Trump fury as 43-day government shutdown finally ends, White House explodes at Epstein claim

After 43 days of chaos, the president has signed the bill. But his message to Democrats suggests this fight is far from over.

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The US government shutdown, the longest in the country’s history, ended on Wednesday, US time.

Many Democrats voted to oppose the budget plan, as it didn’t contain extensions to subsidies used by many Americans to lower their healthcare bills.

Wednesday also saw the swearing in of Democrat Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva. That should give the numbers for another issue, which the White House wishes would go away: her vote may see more of the Epstein files released.

The Democrats have released emails which they claim are from Jeffrey Epstein saying Donald Trump “knew about the girls” he was poaching from Mar-a-Lago and that Mr Trump “spent hours” with a victim. A furious White House has said the Democrats are spinning a “fake narrative”.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump has indicated he will sue the BBC for $US1 billion ($1.5 billion) after claims it selectively edited his January 6 2021 speech prior to the storming of the US’ Capitol building.

That’s despite his lawyers giving the BBC a list of demands to prevent such an outcome occurring.

Read on for today’s posts from the US on Thursday, Australia time.

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