How close are we to the longest government shutdown in US history?

Most of the government shutdowns since 1977 have ended within a week or less, congressional records show. This is the fourth government shutdown to occur under President Donald Trump, but the first of ...

Will this be the longest government shutdown in history? See the longest government shutdowns

The ongoing government shutdown persists, but is it the longest the nation has seen? These are longest shutdowns in U.S.

The political journey of rail-trails captured in 'From Rails to Trails'

Turning old railway right-of-ways into recreational trails is a story stretching past 60 years and "From Rails to Trails" ...
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A look at previous government shutdowns and how they ended

"Always a bad idea," former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said of shutdowns in 2024. A potential "disaster," ...
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A new documentary about a dastardly worm and a heroic effort by Jimmy Carter

The villain of this new documentary is a worm — but not just any worm. "We have known monsters, all kinds of monsters," Waleed Eltayeb declares. "Then there's the dragon, this fiery serpent, this ...