Is the US government still shut down on Oct. 20? It is now the third longest shutdown in US history

Monday, Oct. 20, officially makes our current government shutdown our third longest in U.S. history. If it does not end, it ...
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A history of US government shutdowns: Every closure and how long it lasted

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 ...

Government Shutdown: Funding Bill Fails 10th Vote

The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a ...
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US government shuts down with path to reopening uncertain

The US government has shut down for the first time in almost seven years after members of Congress failed to agree a last-ditch funding deal. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers could now be ...
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When's the last time the federal government shut down? A look at the history

Over the past five decades, the US government has shut down 21 times before shutting down Oct. 1, 2025. The longest government shutdown, which lasted 35 days, occurred from December 2018 to January ...