The longest government shutdowns in US history, explained

The current US government shutdown has become the longest on record, and it is not clear when the budget stand-off between Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress will end.It means that many - but not all - US government services are temporarily suspended, and around 1.4 million federal employees are on unpaid leave or working without pay.Although budget confrontations are common in US politics, this one is especially tense because President Donald Trump began drastically reducing the size of the national government as soon as he returned to office in January, and has threatened to use the current impasse to make further cuts.

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