The longest government shutdown lasted 35 days. Spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 , it is also the most recent federal shutdown in U.S. history.

The last government shutdown, from December 22, 2018 to January 25, 2019, lasted 35 days and was the longest in four decades.

For 35 days, the U.S. government was shut down between December 2018 and January 2019 after then-President Donald Trump sought $5.7 billion in funding for construction of a border wall.

The 2018-2019 shutdown over Trump's border wall funding lasted 34 full days, making it the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Trump finally signed a bill to reopen the government without his ...

In a shutdown, the federal government must stop all non-essential functions until funding is approved by Congress and signed into law. Each agency determines what work is essential and what is not.

The government will shut down if Congress cannot agree on funding by Sept. 30. Here’s a look at the shortest and longest government shutdowns in U.S. history.

In addition, a report by Syracuse University found that more than 42,000 immigration hearings had been canceled as of January 11, 2019. The second-longest government shutdown was for 21 days ...

The longest government shutdown happened between 2018 and 2019 when then-President Trump and congressional Democrats entered a standoff over his demand for funding for a border wall. The disruption ...

The U.S. government is once again about a week away from a potential shutdown. But it’s different this time as President Donald Trump’s second term unfolds. While a full shutdown has been ...

Trump, who was responsible for the longest government shutdown in US history, urged Republicans to make the most of the "very important deadline" to keep the government funded.

The government has shut down twice in the last 11 years, once in 2013 and once in 2018-2019. The latter, over a border wall funding dispute, was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ...

The last government shutdown, from December 22, 2018 to January 25, 2019, lasted 35 days and was the longest in four decades.