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Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The longest-ever government shutdown ended on November 12, but Deairra Tracey is still scared. The disabled mother of three from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, had to ...

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The government shutdown ended on Nov. 12 after 43 days. According to the official White House government shutdown clock, the historic impasse ended on Tuesday. While the federal government shutdown ...

In a dramatic twist of political defections and contentious concessions, the longest ever federal shutdown came to a close late last Wednesday as Congress finally managed to agree on a deal to reopen ...

The ripple effects of the longest ever government shutdown are slowly alleviating after the federal funding impasse officially ended on Nov. 12. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Nov. 12 ...

The historic shutdown is now history. And just as many predicted, Chuck Schumer’s Keystone Caucus threw in the towel just as they reached the point of maximum leverage. Coming off a stunning election ...

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Washington — With the government shutdown finally in the rearview mirror, the focus in the Senate is turning to an upcoming fight over health care, with Democrats hoping to regroup after splintering ...

A tour group passes the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end on ...

With the longest U.S. government shutdown over, state officials said Thursday that they are working quickly to get full SNAP food benefits to millions of people, though it still could take up to a ...