Joe Biden signs funding bill to avert government shutdown hours before midnight deadline
Joe Biden signs funding bill to avert government shutdown hours before midnight deadline
President Joe Biden (left) signed a stopgap funding bill on Thursday evening after it passed the House and Senate, where Republicans including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right) blocked the initial package over a borrowing provision (Pictures: Reuters/Getty Images/EPA)
President Joe Biden has signed a short-term spending bill passed by the House and Senate earlier on Thursday, averting a…