The federal government was unable to avert a lapse in funding. Here's a look at the 14 other shutdowns that have occurred ...

Using a government shutdown as a political bargaining tactic was popularized in 1995 by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and conventional wisdom holds that it backfired on his party. So ever since, ...

The ongoing government shutdown became the second-longest in US history Wednesday, surpassing the 1995-96 lapse in federal ...

Anthony Kyles received a life sentence in connection with the deaths of four people in a 1995 house fire in Pontiac, Michigan. But details that emerged after Kyles’ sentencing – including conflicting ...