A Shutdown with No End in Sight December 22, 2018 while the world readied itself for the holidays, a standoff over Trump’s $5.6 billion border-wall demand led to a partial government shutdown that has lasted into 2019. The shutdown has become the longest of its kind in history. A spectrum of industries and workers are affected by this ongoing shutdown. 800,000 federal workers have been without pay. 25% of the US federal government has no funding. Nine departments’ operations