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On Dec. 22, 2018, the U.S. government began a record 35-day partial shutdown after the Senate was unable to agree on a ...

Midnight passage of the government shutdown package put in sharp focus the political fault lines emerging in Washington, as ...

President Biden signed a funding bill to avert a prolonged government shutdown into law on Saturday, ending a turbulent week ...

During a partial government shutdown, federal agencies and non-essential services are stopped, but some functions that are ...

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Based on past government estimates, some 3.5 million federal workers could go without paychecks this holiday season until an ...

A short lapse in funding would probably do only modest damage. But it could send a troubling signal about government ...

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