The last time the government was shut down was in Trump's first term. The shutdown in 2018-19 lasted 35 days. The current ...

The last federal shutdown ran for 35 days, from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019, making it the longest closure in U.S. history. At the time, the Senate had failed to pass a funding bill that included ...

The U.S. government shut down much of its operations just after midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 1, as a standoff between Congress and the White House over expiring health benefits prevented a funding deal ...