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Trump Signs Spending Package With $839 Billion Defense Bill, Ending Partial Shutdown

Trump Signs Spending Package With $839 Billion Defense Bill, Ending Partial Shutdown
Lawmakers join President Trump in the Oval Office as he signs a bill spending package on Feb. 3, 2026 to end a partial government shutdown. Photo: Screenshot of White House livestream.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a spending package to end the partial government shutdown that temporarily impacted the Pentagon, with the legislation having included the final $839 billion fiscal year 2026 Defense Appropriations Bill. Trump’s approval followed the House’s narrow 217-214 vote to pass the multi-bill spending package earlier in the day, which also included a two-week stopgap funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security.  “Months of bipartisan, bicameral work produced a final funding agreement, and the House…

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