The government has shut down 21 times since 1977, and Congress is still breaking records for the longest fiscal standoffs.

We are in the second longest government shutdown in U.S. history, and with the next Senate vote to reopen the ...

Here are the five longest federal government shutdowns in U.S. history. The 2025 shutdown has entered its third week. It ...

The last shutdown was also the longest in US history, lasting 35 days from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019, when Trump announced he had reached a tentative deal with congressional leaders to ...

The government shutdown, which currently stands as the second-longest, could break new records this week if lawmakers don't ...

The federal government shut down at midnight on Oct. 1 due to a funding standoff between President Donald Trump and ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate will reconvene on Monday, but with the House still in recess this week, the monthlong federal government shutdown appears on pace to break the 35-day record for the longest in ...

The ongoing government shutdown is the second-longest is history. But how will it, or can it, last? See history of shutdowns.

Republicans claim US president ‘desperate’ to end shutdown, which has now entered 33rd day ...