Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight

The president argues that passing this funding extension will ease the path toward enacting the rest of his legislative agenda.

The hard edge reflected Trump’s steamroller approach to his second term, brushing aside opposition and demanding loyalty throughout the federal government.

When the president speaks to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, his words are bound to be different from when he addressed lawmakers at the beginning of his first term.