The US Senate has voted to end the 40-day government shutdown — the longest in American history. Here’s a look back at the most significant government shutdowns in US history and their causes.

Fifty years and five months ago, Wes Soule still remembers the tension at the Pentagon when his radio team received word of ...

Wednesday, Nov. 5, is the 36th day of the ongoing 2025 U.S. government shutdown, making it the longest in history.

The current shutdown began just after midnight on Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass a new budget, marking the fourth shutdown during a Trump presidency.

FILE - President Ronald Reagan sits in the Oval Office after he delivered his farewell address to the nation Jan. 11, 1989, ...

The 2025 government shutdown threatens to beat the previous record for the longest government shutdown. The last and longest ...

The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance House-passed legislation to reopen the government on the day the shutdown tied ...

Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won Virginia's gubernatorial election, becoming the first female governor in the commonwealth ...

Despite public clamor to make American politics young again, no branch of government appears to be safe from the seniority ...

For 50 years, a family kept a secret about events leading up to a cataclysmic moment in Australian politics. Now they are ...

Dick Cheney's leadership and questionable past are highlighted ahead of the 2004 presidential election in this archival Rolling Stone report.

Democrat Jay Jones was elected Tuesday as Virginia attorney general, riding a wave of voter dissatisfaction with the White ...