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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.

The federal government shutdown has entered its second week, and already shortages of air traffic controllers have strained ...

Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, Ryan S.: How might the shutdown affect the U.S. economy? Shutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much ...