President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a funding bill after its passage in the Senate on Friday ahead of a midnight deadline to avoid a federal government shutdown. The stopgap measure funds the government through Sept.

President Donald Trump signed a stopgap funding bill that will keep the government open for the remainder of the fiscal year, paving the way for Republican lawmakers to pivot to signature border

The bill was passed just hours before a midnight deadline to avoid a lapse in funding, which would have shut down the government.