Policy09/21/2026@EconDesk
Homeland Security Goes Dark for a Record 76 Days
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters, St. Elizabeths West Campus, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Department of Homeland Security
02/14/2026 - 04/30/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE221 days agoDHS was without routine funding from 14 February 2026 until the President signed the funding bill on 30 April 2026, a record 76 days.^[1]
A two-week stopgap for DHS alone ran out on 14 February 2026, and the department stayed unfunded for 76 days - the longest shutdown of a single agency in US history - until the President signed a bipartisan bill on 30 April.
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Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
Trump Signs the Stopgap That Funds the Government to December 11
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., United StatesThe White House
09/02/2026 - 12/11/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE21 days agoThe White House^[1] statement dates the signing of H.R. 6500 to Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The act is in force from that day and its appropriations run to 11 December 2026, the date named in section 106(3) of the enrolled text.
H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, was signed on 2 September 2026, four weeks before the fiscal year ran out. Its appropriations run from 1 October to 11 December 2026, pushing the next shutdown fight past the midterm elections.
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Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
Half the Government Shuts Down for Four Days
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Congress
01/31/2026 - 02/03/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE235 days agoThe funding lapse ran from 31 January 2026, when the continuing resolution expired, to 3 February 2026, when the House passed the package 217-214 and the President signed it.^[1]
A stopgap covering six of the twelve appropriations bills expired on 31 January 2026, closing roughly half of federal agencies until the House passed a funding package 217-214 on 3 February.
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Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
Government Funding Runs Out Again on December 11
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Congress
Starts 12/11/2026SCHEDULED 86% CONFIDENCEin 79 daysH.R. 6500 funds federal agencies through 11 December 2026, so the continuing resolution expires at the end of that day.^[1]
The stopgap signed in September expires on 11 December 2026, the deadline for Congress to enact the twelve fiscal 2027 appropriations bills or pass another continuing resolution before agencies shut down.
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Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
US Fiscal Year 2028 Begins
United States Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Department of the Treasury
10/01/2027 - 09/30/2028SCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 1.0 yearsThe federal fiscal year is the 12-month period beginning on 1 October and ending on 30 September of the next calendar year, so fiscal 2028 runs 1 October 2027 to 30 September 2028.^[1]
The United States federal fiscal year 2028 starts on 1 October 2027 - the date by which Congress must have funded the government or shut it down.
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Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
US Fiscal Year 2027 Begins on a Stopgap
United States Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Department of the Treasury
10/01/2026 - 09/30/2027SCHEDULED 84% CONFIDENCEin 8 daysThe US federal fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September, so fiscal year 2027 begins on 1 October 2026 and ends on 30 September 2027.^[1]
Polymarket
Fiscal year 2027 starts on 1 October 2026 with none of the twelve appropriations bills through both chambers, so the government runs on the continuing resolution signed in September rather than on a budget.
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Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang
Gordie Howe International Bridge Opens
Detroit, Michigan
Starts 07/27/2026CONFIRMED 93% CONFIDENCE58 days agoStated as firm, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…ridge tolls. Construction of the bridge was completed in June 2026, inaugurated on July 24, 2026, an…"
A 853-metre cable-stayed span over the Detroit River, the longest in North America, carrying the busiest US-Canada trade corridor. Estimated date.
$6.4B
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
All 41 Workers Freed After Silkyara Tunnel Collapse
Silkyara, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India
Starts 11/28/2023CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE2.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the rescue team finally managed to break through the 60-meter blockage and free all the 41 workers."
Rescuers freed all 41 workers trapped for 17 days after a Himalayan highway tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand, India, in one of the largest tunnel rescue operations on record.
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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
DFW Airport Opens the First 15 Gates of Terminal F
Terminal F, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, TX 75261, United StatesDallas Fort Worth International Airport
Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsDFW's own newsroom says "the first phase of the Terminal F expansion program is anticipated to open with 15 gates in 2027", giving a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]
Phase one of DFW's sixth terminal opens with 15 gates, two and a half years after construction began in November 2024 and on a frame built from six prefabricated modules rolled into place by August 2025. DFW and American Airlines have since scaled the programme up to an eventual 31 gates at about $4 billion, with the rest of the terminal following by 2031.
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Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
Biden Starts the Largest Drawdown in the Reserve's History
US Department of EnergyJames Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, United States
Starts 03/01/2022CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE4.6 years agoDOE's press release is dated 1 March 2022, the day the President authorised the release; the notice of sale followed on 2 March.^[1]
Four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Biden ordered crude out of the SPR as the US share of an IEA release of 60 million barrels. It did not stop there: by that summer 180 million barrels had gone, the biggest emergency sale the reserve had ever made, and it left the stockpile at levels not seen since the 1980s.
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Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk
2 World Trade Center Construction Restarts
200 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, USASilverstein Properties
Starts 07/09/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE76 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: a "groundbreaking ceremony held for new 2 World Trade Center" took place on "July 9, 2026".
After 14 years of stalled foundations, construction officially restarted on 2 World Trade Center with a groundbreaking ceremony, anchored by American Express as its future headquarters tenant.
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Long Thanh International Airport Holds Its Technical Opening
Long Thanh International Airport, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam
Starts 12/19/2025CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE278 days agoThe 19 December 2025 ceremony itself is confirmed, but it was a technical opening rather than the completion of Phase 1: Wikipedia^[2] records it as a ceremonial 'technical opening' with full commercial operations scheduled for December 2026, and the government's own report counted only three of 15 construction packages finished, with 12 still under way.
Vietnam marked a ceremonial 'technical opening' of its US$4.6 billion first phase at Long Thanh International Airport near Ho Chi Minh City with the first landings, while most of Phase 1 was still under construction.
$16B
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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.^[1]

Start: Oct 1, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
End: Nov 12, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

The Longest Government Shutdown in US History Begins

Federal funding lapsed just after midnight on 1 October 2025 and stayed lapsed for 43 days, the longest shutdown ever, over a fight about expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_government_shutdown
en.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]
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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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Policy09/21/2026@EconDesk
Homeland Security Goes Dark for a Record 76 Days
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters, St. Elizabeths West Campus, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Department of Homeland Security
02/14/2026 - 04/30/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE221 days agoDHS was without routine funding from 14 February 2026 until the President signed the funding bill on 30 April 2026, a record 76 days.^[1]
A two-week stopgap for DHS alone ran out on 14 February 2026, and the department stayed unfunded for 76 days - the longest shutdown of a single agency in US history - until the President signed a bipartisan bill on 30 April.
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Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
Trump Signs the Stopgap That Funds the Government to December 11
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., United StatesThe White House
09/02/2026 - 12/11/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE21 days agoThe White House^[1] statement dates the signing of H.R. 6500 to Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The act is in force from that day and its appropriations run to 11 December 2026, the date named in section 106(3) of the enrolled text.
H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, was signed on 2 September 2026, four weeks before the fiscal year ran out. Its appropriations run from 1 October to 11 December 2026, pushing the next shutdown fight past the midterm elections.
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Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
Half the Government Shuts Down for Four Days
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Congress
01/31/2026 - 02/03/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE235 days agoThe funding lapse ran from 31 January 2026, when the continuing resolution expired, to 3 February 2026, when the House passed the package 217-214 and the President signed it.^[1]
A stopgap covering six of the twelve appropriations bills expired on 31 January 2026, closing roughly half of federal agencies until the House passed a funding package 217-214 on 3 February.
0.68
Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
Government Funding Runs Out Again on December 11
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Congress
Starts 12/11/2026SCHEDULED 86% CONFIDENCEin 79 daysH.R. 6500 funds federal agencies through 11 December 2026, so the continuing resolution expires at the end of that day.^[1]
The stopgap signed in September expires on 11 December 2026, the deadline for Congress to enact the twelve fiscal 2027 appropriations bills or pass another continuing resolution before agencies shut down.
0.68
Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
US Fiscal Year 2028 Begins
United States Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Department of the Treasury
10/01/2027 - 09/30/2028SCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 1.0 yearsThe federal fiscal year is the 12-month period beginning on 1 October and ending on 30 September of the next calendar year, so fiscal 2028 runs 1 October 2027 to 30 September 2028.^[1]
The United States federal fiscal year 2028 starts on 1 October 2027 - the date by which Congress must have funded the government or shut it down.
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Economy09/21/2026@EconDesk
US Fiscal Year 2027 Begins on a Stopgap
United States Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., United StatesUnited States Department of the Treasury
10/01/2026 - 09/30/2027SCHEDULED 84% CONFIDENCEin 8 daysThe US federal fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September, so fiscal year 2027 begins on 1 October 2026 and ends on 30 September 2027.^[1]
Polymarket
Fiscal year 2027 starts on 1 October 2026 with none of the twelve appropriations bills through both chambers, so the government runs on the continuing resolution signed in September rather than on a budget.
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Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang
Gordie Howe International Bridge Opens
Detroit, Michigan
Starts 07/27/2026CONFIRMED 93% CONFIDENCE58 days agoStated as firm, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…ridge tolls. Construction of the bridge was completed in June 2026, inaugurated on July 24, 2026, an…"
A 853-metre cable-stayed span over the Detroit River, the longest in North America, carrying the busiest US-Canada trade corridor. Estimated date.
$6.4B
0.62
Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
All 41 Workers Freed After Silkyara Tunnel Collapse
Silkyara, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India
Starts 11/28/2023CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE2.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the rescue team finally managed to break through the 60-meter blockage and free all the 41 workers."
Rescuers freed all 41 workers trapped for 17 days after a Himalayan highway tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand, India, in one of the largest tunnel rescue operations on record.
0.60
Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
DFW Airport Opens the First 15 Gates of Terminal F
Terminal F, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, TX 75261, United StatesDallas Fort Worth International Airport
Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsDFW's own newsroom says "the first phase of the Terminal F expansion program is anticipated to open with 15 gates in 2027", giving a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]
Phase one of DFW's sixth terminal opens with 15 gates, two and a half years after construction began in November 2024 and on a frame built from six prefabricated modules rolled into place by August 2025. DFW and American Airlines have since scaled the programme up to an eventual 31 gates at about $4 billion, with the rest of the terminal following by 2031.
0.60
Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk
Biden Starts the Largest Drawdown in the Reserve's History
US Department of EnergyJames Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, United States
Starts 03/01/2022CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE4.6 years agoDOE's press release is dated 1 March 2022, the day the President authorised the release; the notice of sale followed on 2 March.^[1]
Four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Biden ordered crude out of the SPR as the US share of an IEA release of 60 million barrels. It did not stop there: by that summer 180 million barrels had gone, the biggest emergency sale the reserve had ever made, and it left the stockpile at levels not seen since the 1980s.
0.60
Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk
2 World Trade Center Construction Restarts
200 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, USASilverstein Properties
Starts 07/09/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE76 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: a "groundbreaking ceremony held for new 2 World Trade Center" took place on "July 9, 2026".
After 14 years of stalled foundations, construction officially restarted on 2 World Trade Center with a groundbreaking ceremony, anchored by American Express as its future headquarters tenant.
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Long Thanh International Airport Holds Its Technical Opening
Long Thanh International Airport, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam
Starts 12/19/2025CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE278 days agoThe 19 December 2025 ceremony itself is confirmed, but it was a technical opening rather than the completion of Phase 1: Wikipedia^[2] records it as a ceremonial 'technical opening' with full commercial operations scheduled for December 2026, and the government's own report counted only three of 15 construction packages finished, with 12 still under way.
Vietnam marked a ceremonial 'technical opening' of its US$4.6 billion first phase at Long Thanh International Airport near Ho Chi Minh City with the first landings, while most of Phase 1 was still under construction.
$16B
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