The Senate failed to pass a Republican bill to end the government shutdown 2025 today, Thursday, Oct. 16, with hopes of the government reopening seemingly dwindling on Day 16. We are now tied with the third-longest shutdown in history, tied with the 2013 ...

The Senate late Monday voted again on ending the government shutdown, now in its 20th day. The latest attempt to reopen the government comes as some Senate Democrats skeptical about their leadership’s hard-line stance against reopening the federal ...

The government shutdown hit Day 34 today, on track to becoming the longest impasse in history. Will the Senate vote today to reopen? See latest.