The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–2019_United_States_federal_government_shutdown" id="mwAeg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown">2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown</a>, the longest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States" id="mwAek" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Government shutdowns in the United States">shutdown</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" id="mwAeo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. federal government</a> in history, begins.<sup about="#mwt216" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-40"}}' id="cite_ref-40" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_22#cite_note-40" id="mwAes" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 40;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAew">[40]</span></a></sup>
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