US government shutdown enters 36th day to become longest in history 🔗 Shutdown beats record set during Trump’s first term as succession of Senate votes fails to yield breakthroughThe US government shutdown became the longest in history on Wednesday, crossing the 36-day mark with no end in sight as Republican and Democratic senators remained at loggerheads over restarting funding to shuttered federal departments.The shutdown beat the previous 35-day record set in December 2018 and January 2019 during Donald Trump’s first term, when government funding legislation was held up over his insistence on including money to build a wall along the border with Mexico. Continue reading... #englishnews #guardian #worldnews #analysis