President Donald Trump's signature expected next after House votes to end shutdown
The longest-ever U.S. government shutdown was nearing an end Wednesday night after House passage of funding legislation that President Donald Trump was expected to sign swiftly.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
