The ongoing government shutdown entered its 36th full day on Wednesday, which officially makes it the longest in U.S. history. It takes the title from the most recent shutdown, which stretched from ...

President Donald Trump signed legislation on Nov. 12 to end the 43-day federal government shutdown, the longest in the nation's history. The previous record of 35 days was set during Trump’s first ...

President Donald Trump has been in the White House during the two longest shutdowns in history. The previous 35-day record ...

The longest shutdown in U.S. history is official on Wednesday, Nov. 5, as bipartisan efforts in the Senate to reopen the federal government continue to flounder in the now five-week-old budget impasse ...

Eight Senate Democrats voted to re-open the government, including one Illinois lawmaker. Does this mean the government shutdown is over?