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 ...

As of Monday, Nov. 3, the shutdown marked the second longest in history. Here's when it could mark the longest shutdown ever.

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.

GEORGIA (WALB) - On this day in 1976, South Georgia’s own Jimmy Carter was elected president of the United States. Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, a small town in Sumter County. He attended public ...

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

After failing to pass a spending bill for the 11th time, the U.S. has entered its third week of the government shutdown.

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

The White House began the demolition of the East Wing to make room for a $250 million ballroom that President Donald Trump wants to add. The East Wing, which was built as an extension in 1902, is ...

On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated the heavily favored Republican governor of New York, Thomas ...

Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton are tied with the second longest government shutdowns at 21 days. Trump's third shutdown holds the record for the longest shutdown at 35 days. President Donald ...