Trump reached an agreement with Democrats on funding to avoid a government shutdown

According to BlockBeats news on January 30th, according to NBC, five people familiar with the matter revealed that US President Trump and Senate Democrats reached an agreement on Thursday to avoid a long-term shutdown of most branches of the federal government and ease the fierce battle surrounding the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Two U.S. citizens were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in Minneapolis, leading to a fever-hot phase of the funding struggle. While funding for multiple agencies will be temporarily suspended starting at 00:01 a.m. local time on Saturday, the impact is expected to be minimal as most federal employees do not work on weekends. The Senate could vote on the appropriations deal as early as Thursday evening. The House of Representatives will return to Washington on Monday, when the bill needs to be passed and sent to President Trump for signature.