US government shutdown enters 36th day to become longest in history

<p>Shutdown beats record set during Trump’s first term as succession of Senate votes fails to yield breakthrough</p><p>The US government shutdown became the longest in history on Wednesday, crossing the 36-day mark with no end in sight as Republican and Democratic senators remained at loggerheads over restarting funding to shuttered federal departments.</p><p>The shutdown beat the previous 35-day record set in December 2018 and January 2019 during Donald Trump’s first term, when government funding legislation was held up over his insistence on including <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/12/donald-trump-government-shutdown-border-wall-democrats">money to build a wall</a> along the border with Mexico.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/government-shutdown-longest-history">Continue reading...</a>