Parts of the federal government have shut down after lawmakers failed to pass funding legislation before the Oct. 1 deadline. There have been 21 federal shutdowns in the United States over the last ...

At 22 days, the shutdown is now the second-longest funding lapse in modern history, eclipsed only by the 35-day funding lapse in late 2018 and early 2019. The Senate vote on advancing the continuing ...

The ongoing government shutdown persists, but is it the longest the nation has seen? These are longest shutdowns in U.S.