Government Shutdown Begins Over Border Wall Funding

Trump refuses to sign a continuing resolution without $5.7 billion for a border wall; Democrats refuse to fund it. The partial government shutdown begins on December 22, 2018. It becomes the longest government shutdown in US history at 35 days. 800,000 federal workers go without pay; air traffic controllers, TSA agents, and Coast Guard members work without paychecks. Ends January 25, 2019 without wall funding.