Nearly 4 in 10 members of the U.S. House of Representatives did not take their pay during the government shutdown, according to an ABC News survey of congressional offices. That group included the leaders of both parties in the House,

The federal government was back up and running today for the first time since September, after the longest shutdown in history came to an end last night.

The 222-to-209 vote came on Day 43 of the shutdown and days after eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke their own party’s blockade and joined Republicans in allowing the spending measure to mo...

WASHINGTON ‒ The federal government is back open after a record-breaking 43-day shutdown ‒ but the effects from the nation's longest-ever shutdown could linger.

After 43 days, the longest US government shutdown in history is coming to an end.