Senate fails to advance GOP bill for 12th time as government shutdown reaches historic milestone

At 22 days, the shutdown is now the second-longest funding lapse in modern history, eclipsed only by the 35-day funding lapse ...

Government shutdown continues as Senate fails to advance GOP bill and Democrat gives 22-hour speech

The Senate failed to advance the House-passed funding bill that would end the government shutdown for the 12th time on ...

The federal government has shut down 21 times in the past 5 decades

Over the past five decades, the US government has shut down 21 times before shutting down Oct. 1, 2025. The longest government shutdown, which lasted 35 days, occurred from December 2018 to January ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Junk food ban for food stamps fails in Arkansas House

LITTLE ROCK — An effort to ban food stamps from being used to purchase soda or junk food has failed before the Arkansas House. The proposal to ban Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits ...