Ten months later came the longest shutdown in history. While government shutdowns have become rarer, they now typically stretch on longer as parties dig in. The guidelines that a funding gap ...

If they don’t, the shutdown would go into place on Nov. 18 at 12:01 a.m. What was the longest government shutdown? The longest, and most recent, government shutdown lasted 34 days, from Dec. 22 ...

The partial shutdown of the US government has become the longest ever, with no end in sight to the political standoff. On Saturday it reaches its 22nd day, overtaking the previous record - the 21 ...

However, recently shutdowns have been getting longer, with two of the three longest shutdowns occurring in the past decade. A government shutdown isn’t as dramatic as the term implies.

Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame ...

A partial U.S. government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is the longest shuttering of federal agencies in U.S. history.

United States President Donald Trump has attacked opposition Democrats for rejecting his latest offer to end what is now the longest government shutdown in US history.

WASHINGTON: The federal government is heading toward a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics as Republicans in the House, fueled by hard-right demands for ...

The extension would give the Senate plenty of time to begin confirming Trump's Cabinet nominees and the House time to plot out maneuvers on tax legislation.

Congressional leaders reach deal to avoid a government shutdown before election Congress is returning to Washington with a nailbiter of an election hovering and an even more pressing task.

Donald Trump said he would use the department to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. Both options would ...

The longest government shutdown in US history occurred between December 2018 and January 2019. The shutdown lasted 35 days, causing 800,000 federal employees to go without pay and costing the ...