The United States faces its longest-ever government shutdown while lawmakers struggle to reach a bipartisan deal.

The U.S. has seen more than 20 government shutdowns in the last 50 years. The current one is now the longest. Here are the shutdowns it surpassed.

FBI agents will get paid despite government shutdown, Patel says The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown that has frozen paychecks for nearly all federal workers,

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford told reporters that the reduction will begin on Friday and is intended to alleviate pressure on air traffic controllers.

“The Trump administration has repeatedly expressed a desire to diminish FEMA’s role and shift the burden of emergency management to the States, thus reverting to an inconsistent patchwork of disaster response across the Nation,” the states said in the complaint.

Bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., would review the land-use regulations of every state and city in the United States under legislation advancing quickly to President Donald Trump’s desk. The plan to have Uncle Sam essentially grade the zoning rules of localities is part of legislation supported by both sides of the aisle as a response to

Villanova professor Ana Santos Rutschman would describe the current state of vaccine policy as a game of chess. When the federal government does something, some states — primarily Democratic-led states including Pennsylvania — respond immediately to counter.

On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its plans to reduce air traffic at 40 of the country's "high-volume" markets by 10% beginning Friday, according to The Associated Press.

The federal government shutdown, which began on October 1, 2025, has triggered a serious concern: the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced t