The longest government shutdown in US history is on the verge of ending. The US Senate took an important step to reopen the government on Sunday evening as eight Democrats reached a deal with ...

The clock continued to tick on Monday, Nov. 3, as the latest federal government shutdown dragged into a second month with Congress locked in a spending clash with no resolution in sight. As of Monday, ...

A 515-mile lightning flash is the longest ever recorded. The flash covered skies from Texas to Missouri in 2017. In 2020, another historical lightning flash was captured over Uruguay and Argentina. A ...

The federal government shutdown that began in October 2025 is now the longest in U.S. history. The previous record was a 35-day shutdown from 2018 to 2019 under President Donald Trump. Shutdowns occur ...