The government shutdown on Wednesday entered its 36th day, officially becoming the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That means the two longest shutdowns in American politics have occurred under President Donald Trump, with the previous 35-day record having been set during his first term in 2019.

Voices in both parties say Democrats and Republicans alike are looking for a deal that would allow them to save face while ending a shutdown that’s causing increasing pain to Americans across the

The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country, including in Missouri and Kansas. The federal government is currently shut down, after lawmakers failed to ...

When Hakeem Jeffries handed Mike Johnson the speaker’s gavel on the House floor in October 2023, the pair hugged, marking the promise of a new era of bipartisanship.

The Government Shutdown is officially the longest on record, and counting. Financial Advisor Jim Simasko and Oakland University Associate Professor of Management Michael Greiner join Pulse of Politics Host Aaron Jordan to discuss the impact it's having on the economy and your finances.

At 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the federal government entered its first shutdown since 2018, after two competing funding proposals, one from Democrats and another from Republicans, failed in the Senate. The setback deepened the stalemate, with neither side ...

Several airports across the country are refusing to play a video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at security checkpoints, saying its political messaging violates their policies or is illegal. In the video, Noem blames Democrats for the ongoing ...

The ongoing government shutdown could carry costs for American taxpayers and the economy as it drags on until funding is eventually restored. The shutdown began on Wednesday, Oct. 1, after Democrats refused to support legislation extending government ...

Then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2015 told the CIA he would "strongly prefer" an intelligence report documenting Ukrainian officials’ concerns with his family’s ties to "corrupt" business deals in the country "not be disseminated" — and so it wasn ...

Democrats who refuse to vote for a continuing resolution to reopen the government are more concerned about politics than about Americans missing

Traders in online prediction markets expect the federal government shutdown to last more than two weeks, signaling waning confidence in a near-term deal as negotiations in Washington remain at a standstill. Traders on the prediction market platform Kalshi ...