FBI agents will get paid despite government shutdown, Patel says The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown that has frozen paychecks for nearly all federal workers,

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history happened in Trump's first term in office. In December 2018, the federal government shut down due to a lack of appropriations. The 35-day standoff began on Dec. 22, 2018, and lasted until Jan. 25, 2019.

The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.

Federal funds could begin running dry Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans to buy food for their families and send their toddlers to preschool if Congress doesn’t reach a deal by then to end the U.S. government shutdown. Funding for another program that helps mothers care for their newborns could run out the following week.

The government shutdown is just days away from the one-month mark. With the president abroad, no major breakthroughs in Congress are expected.

The U.S. Senate had yet another vote to pass a measure that would allow the federal government to reopen on Oct. 20. We are still in a stalemate.

The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes to pass and has now extended the shutdown to two weeks. The Senate will reconvene and vote again on Oct. 15, marking the ninth voting session on the funding bill.

SNAP funding distribution across the U.S. is currently set to end on Nov. 1 as the federal government shutdown continues.

The federal government controlling the vast majority of land in Nevada dates all the way back to the 1800s when the territory was first admitted to the United States, according to a former longtime employee.

The federal government remains shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the shutdown is affecting services across the country.

More than 8,000 flights were delayed across the United States on Sunday, as a federal government shutdown reached its 26th day and air traffic controller absences continued to severely disrupt air travel.