when was the last government shitdown

The most recent U.S. government shutdown began on October 1, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. This shutdown happened because both Republican and Democratic funding bills failed to secure the necessary 60 votes in the Senate, leading to a halt in federal operations and furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal employees. This was the first government shutdown in six years, following a period of relative stability since the last shutdown that occurred from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019, which was the longest in U.S. history at 35 days.