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- Oct 1, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Nov 12, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
The Longest Government Shutdown in US History Begins
- Funding for fiscal year 2026 lapsed just after midnight on 1 October 2025 and the shutdown ran 43 days, to 12 November 2025 - the longest in US history[1]
- The fight was over whether to extend the expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies that were due to expire in November 2025[1]
- About 900,000 federal employees were furloughed and hundreds of thousands more worked without pay[1]
- It ended when the President signed H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, on 12 November 2025[4]
- The package gave three of the twelve appropriations bills full-year funding and put everything else on a stopgap through 30 January 2026[3]
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- [1]90%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_government_shutdownen.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Oct 1, 2025 ✓· Ends Nov 12, 2025 ✓· 38% of score
The shutdown began just after midnight on 1 October 2025 and ended on 12 November 2025 when the President signed the stopgap, a span of 43 days.
- [2]85%Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know (CRFB)crfb.org· Added Sep 21, 2026· 38% of score
Puts the 43-day lapse beside the 2018-19 and 2013 shutdowns and explains how a funding gap works.[1]
- [3]90%Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History Ends After 43 Days (NADO)nado.org· Published Nov 13, 2025· 12% of score
Sets out what the ending package contained: three full-year bills plus a continuing resolution through 30 January 2026.[1]
- [4]95%Congressional Bill H.R. 5371 Signed into Law (The White House)whitehouse.gov· Published Nov 12, 2025· 12% of score
The White House statement dating the signing that ended the shutdown to 12 November 2025 and naming the act.
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