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.

WASHINGTON – After 35 days, it's over — at least for now. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a temporary deal to end to the longest government shutdown on record.

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

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 ...

The first shutdown that session was five days, followed by a 21-day impasse that had stood until now as the longest government shutdown ever. No easy resolution.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end Friday after President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to temporarily reopen shuttered federal agencies without providing any ...

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.

A 21-day government shutdown in 1995 and 1996 during President Bill Clinton’s administration had been the longest. David Scull/The New York Times The longest previous shutdown came in 1995.

Previously, the longest government shutdown took place under President Bill Clinton between 1995 and 1996 and capped out at 21 days. But after this past Friday, the current shutdown took its place.

The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history when the clock ticked past midnight into early Saturday as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to fin… ...

The longest government shutdown in the nation’s history ended Friday after Congress and President Donald Trump agreed to a bill to reopen the government for three weeks. The deal funds the ...

As of January 12th, the United States will be without a fully functioning government for the longest stretch in the nation’s history. The milestone will come a day after 800,000 federal ...