Bipartisanship blossoms during shutdown fight: Trump signs First Step Act

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President Trump signed a landmark package of criminal justice reforms Friday, a rare bipartisan achievement notched even as the two parties are battling over spending bills and headed for a government shutdown.

“It has been many, many years. Numerous decades, and nobody came close,” Trump said during an Oval Office bill signing event.

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