Oregon's Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor all night long to protest the Trump administration. His speech has lasted 16 hours (and counting).

Democratic U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon on Wednesday was more than a half-day into a marathon speech opposing Republican President Donald Trump's agenda on the 22nd day of a government shutdown...

The government shutdown is now the second-longest funding lapse in modern history, eclipsed only by the 35-day shutdown in late 2018 and early 2019.

We are now three weeks into the government shutdown 2025, but another Senate vote today, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, will not take place on a House-backed measure to reopen the government.

Economists have warned the federal closure, leaving most the 2.4 million-strong federal workforce without pay, will shave economic growth by 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points per week.