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

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.

What do residents in Florida and across the US think of Trump and how he’s doing as president? His latest approval ratings during government shutdown

The building strain on lawmakers to end the impasse was magnified by the nation’s largest federal employee union, which called on Congress to pass a funding bill and ensure workers receive full pay.

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 Mississippi Department of Human Services announced Friday, Oct. 24, that due to the ongoing federal shutdown, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for the month of November will not be issued.

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.

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.