The federal government was unable to avert a lapse in funding. Here's a look at the 14 other shutdowns that have occurred ...

The last shutdown was also the longest in US history, lasting 35 days from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019, when Trump ...

The government has shut down 21 times since 1977, and Congress is still breaking records for the longest fiscal standoffs.

The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance a bill to end the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history.

The government shutdown could reach the longest-ever by Election Day. How long have the longest shutdowns lasted? Reasons? Cost? See the history.

Oct. 8 (UPI) --Government shutdowns are the mark of some of the most tumultuous times on Capitol Hill in the United States, grinding government operations to a halt as lawmakers reach an impasse over ...

In our news wrap Tuesday, the government shutdown tied the record for the longest in U.S. history at 35 days, UN ...

The government shutdown still has no clear endpoint in sight as lawmakers remain deadlocked entering the weekend. But it’s already poised to become one of the longest in the country’s history. The ...

The Senate has voted more than a dozen times against a stopgap funding measure passed by the House of Representatives, and no ...

Although air traffic controllers are largely seen as having played a central role in ending the previous shutdown, ...

The United States federal government shut down at 12:01am East Coast time (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday after Congress failed to pass a new spending bill, forcing operations considered inessential to close ...