The Latest: Government employees are asked to return to work

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the partial government shutdown (all times local):9:40 p.m.

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are being asked to return to work and "reopen offices in a prompt and orderly manner" following the end of a 35-day government shutdown.

The Office of Management and Budget sent a memo late Friday to the heads of shuttered departments and agencies after President Donald Trump signed a bill that temporarily reopens the federal government for three weeks.

The memo says the office appreciates "cooperation and efforts during this difficult period."

Trump backed down from his demand that Congress provide more border wall money before federal agencies get back to work.