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 ...

The longest government shutdown in United States history occurred between December 22, 2018, and January 25, 2019. It was the byproduct of a dispute over border wall funding, a central issue of ...

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.

That said, the most recent government shutdown in from December 2028 to January 2019 was also the longest in history at 35 days. Secondly, many non-critical government functions cease to operate ...

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.

With Republicans on cusp of unified control of Washington, Congress appears primed to extend federal funding well into ...

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

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 ...

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.