President Trump has signed into law legislation that will fund the government through the end of September and avoids a partial shutdown.

The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal workforce.

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at the end of the day Friday.

After a 54-46 vote, the measure now heads to Trump to sign into law hours before government funding was set to lapse.