About 800,000 federal employees went without pay for 35 days during the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown in 2018 and 2019, as USA TODAY previously reported. What happens to Social Security ...

The longest government shutdown was also the most recent shutdown lasting 35 days in 2018-19 for the third time during Trump's first term as president, according to USA Today. Nearly 800,000 ...

On Feb. 10, more than a dozen Department of Homeland Security officials joined a video conference to discuss an obscure, ...

The Trump administration's shutdown efforts "likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways," wrote Judge Theodore D. Chuang.

John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) admitted to reporters before the lunch. “If you shut down the government, the president is the person who decides what is essential,” Hickenlooper explained.

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Divisions within the Democratic party were on display on Thursday after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated that ...

The US government faces a potential shutdown if the Senate does not pass the continuing resolution for funding by Friday night. Senate Democrats oppose the bill, fearing it grants President Trump ...

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling that his party would provide the votes to avert a government shutdown.

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune is trailed by reporters as negotiations continue over funding to avert a government shutdown. Picture: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP But Chuck Schumer ...

This shutdown marked the third government shutdown during Trump's first term as president, according to USA Today. The longest government shutdown was also the most recent shutdown lasting 35 days ...