The 2025 U.S. federal government shutdown already happened and is over : it began at the start of the 2026 fiscal year on October 1, 2025, and ended when President Donald Trump signed a funding bill on November 12, 2025.

Key dates

  • The shutdown started when the prior federal budget expired at midnight going into October 1, 2025, after Congress failed to pass either full-year appropriations or a short-term funding bill.
  • It continued through October and into November as the Senate and House deadlocked over issues including Affordable Care Act subsidy extensions.
  • The House passed a revised funding package that the Senate had already approved on November 12, 2025, and President Trump signed it that night, formally ending the shutdown.

How long it lasted

  • The shutdown has been described as one of the longest in U.S. history, with some reports noting it exceeded a month and set a new duration record compared with the 2018–2019 shutdown.
  • That length contributed to significant disruption for federal workers, contractors, and some public services during October and early November 2025.

If you are searching “when will the government shutdown 2025”

  • If you are asking whether there will be a future shutdown in 2025, that risk already materialized with the October–November 2025 lapse in funding, which has now concluded.
  • As of early 2026, the federal government is operating under the funding measure passed and signed on November 12, 2025, so there is no ongoing 2025 shutdown to “wait for.”

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