A group of 8 Democratic senators broke from their party to join Republicans in voting to pass a plan to end the shutdown.

The Senate gaveled into session on Sunday afternoon, sparking hopes that they could be on the verge of ending the now longest-ever government shutdown by passing any kind of spending bill. However, when the stream started,

Ghislaine Maxwell, the co-conspirator of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, plans to ask Trump for a commutation of her 20-year sentence, a whistleblower said.

The Senate, with the help of Democratic defectors, passed a bill to end the longest government shutdown without the health insurance subsidies Democrats long demanded. The earliest the House will vote is Wednesday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk can appear in court wearing street clothes but must be physically restrained due to security concerns, a judge ruled Monday. A Senate subcommittee hearing on political violence is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET. Watch in the player above.

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government late Monday, as the longest U.S. shutdown in history took a big step closer to finally ending.

The Dow Jones index rose Tuesday after the passage of the shutdown bill. Nvidia partner CoreWeave plunged on earnings.