Washington DC, April 30 -- United States Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin on Thursday (local time) informed that the government shutdown has ended after 76 days, calling it the "longest government shutdown in history".

The House on Thursday unanimously approved a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, a move expected to formally end the 76-day shutdown that has disrupted several agencies.

In a post on X, Mullin announced that "@DHSgov is back open," with funding for ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and CBP (US Customs and Border Protection) to be secured through reconciliation "with no Democrat votes."

Mullin said, "To be clear, this Democrat shutdown never should have happene...