After President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that funds the US government, his administration ordered federal workers to report back to work this Thursday. In this edition, we take a look at what the reopening of the US government entails after the longest shutdown in the country’s history. Over 1 million federal workers will have to receive back pay, and 42 million low-income Americans will be able to once again claim food assistance.
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