The federal government was unable to avert a lapse in funding. Here's a look at the 14 other shutdowns that have occurred since 1980.
In the last 50 years the federal government has come to at least a partial shutdown 11 times. Some have lasted a day or more.
The last shutdown was also the longest in US history, lasting 35 days from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019, when Trump ...
The partial government shutdown has become the second-longest since 1976. The longest shutdown, which happened during Trump's first term, lasted 35 days.
The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a ...
A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. U.S airlines are ...
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 ...