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Hereβs a timeline of all 21 U.S. federal government shutdowns since 1976, with dates, duration, presidents, and causes:
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π U.S. Government Shutdowns (1976β2019)
1.Sep 30 β Oct 11, 1976 β 10 days β Gerald Ford β Funding dispute over spending cuts
2.Sep 30 β Oct 13, 1977 β 12 days β Jimmy Carter β Abortion funding limits
3.Oct 31 β Nov 9, 1977 β 8 days β Jimmy Carter β Abortion funding limits
4.Nov 30 β Dec 9, 1977 β 8 days β Jimmy Carter β Abortion funding limits
5.Sep 30 β Oct 18, 1978 β 18 days β Jimmy Carter β Defense funding & abortion limits
6.Sep 30 β Oct 12, 1979 β 11 days β Jimmy Carter β Defense spending & abortion funding
7.Nov 20 β Nov 23, 1981 β 2 days β Ronald Reagan β Cuts to defense & domestic spending
8.Sep 30 β Oct 2, 1982 β 1 day β Ronald Reagan β Dispute over MX missile & Nicaraguan aid
9.Dec 17 β Dec 21, 1982 β 3 days β Ronald Reagan β House vs Senate spending differences
10.Nov 10 β Nov 14, 1983 β 3 days β Ronald Reagan β Funding for MX missile
11.Sep 30 β Oct 3, 1984 β 2 days β Ronald Reagan β Disputes over crime bill & water projects
12.Oct 3 β Oct 5, 1984 β 1 day β Ronald Reagan β Continuing disputes from above
13.Oct 16 β Oct 18, 1986 β 1 day β Ronald Reagan β Welfare & water projects
14.Dec 18 β Dec 20, 1987 β 1 day β Ronald Reagan β Contra aid & defense
15.Oct 5 β Oct 9, 1990 β 3 days β George H.W. Bush β Budget deficit reduction & taxes
16.Nov 13 β Nov 19, 1995 β 5 days β Bill Clinton β Medicare, education, environment cuts
17.Dec 15, 1995 β Jan 6, 1996 β 21 days β Bill Clinton β Balanced budget disagreement
18.Sep 30 β Oct 1, 2013 β 16 days β Barack Obama β Affordable Care Act funding (Obamacare)
19.Jan 20 β Jan 22, 2018 β 3 days β Donald Trump β Immigration & DACA
20.Feb 9, 2018 β <1 day β Donald Trump β Budget caps & military funding
21.Dec 22, 2018 β Jan 25, 2019 β 35 days β Donald Trump β Border wall funding
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Total: 21 shutdowns.
β οΈ Longest: 35 days (2018β2019).
β‘ Most shutdowns: During Reagan (8 total, though many were short).
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Police in Winona Minnesota are stunned after every single one of their Flock cameras were suddenly removed in a single night.
According to the police department, all 8 of the town's cameras were cut down and hauled away.
Police are asking for the public's help to identify the individual, but the public has been responding with comments such as:
"The Flock cameras tore themselves down"
"Whoever did it, was fishing with me"
"Whoever it was, was at Bible study with me"
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Nearly 20,000 people are publicly vouching for a man accused of cutting down Flock cameras in a small West Virginia town.
People commented:
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"He was saving my neighbor's dog from a fire all day, couldn't be him."
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"This man is innocent. I saw him serving at a soup kitchen."
-"Couldn't be him. He was helping me replace the roof on a homeless shelter."
The man, Wesley Jackson, has pleaded Not Guilty.
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US diesel crack surpasses $100 a barrel for the first time on supply disruptions
... and the supply of refined fuels is already nearly exhausted. A hard landing is visible ahead, for farmers, for trucking, and ... well, for everything that requires food (people) and energy (the entire economy).
These are very likely the final days of relative normalcy during which to prepare. Get ready.
πΎ π π JPMorgan warns a massive global food supply crisis could begin next year as fertilizer shortages tighten agricultural supply.
JPMorgan is the latest institutional research desk to warn that the next global food crisis may already be taking shape, driven by what its analysts describe as the "Five Ws": War, Weather, Warehousing, Water, and Waste.
In a new report titled Food Security Is National Security: A Compounding Storm, a team led by London-based senior global economist Nora Szentivanyi warned that disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz and the emergence of a potentially historic El NiΓ±o could weaken crop yields, constrain agricultural production, and keep food inflation elevated through the first half of 2027.
"Successive shocks since COVID have compounded, eroding food production capacity and keeping food price pressures elevated into 2027," Szentivanyi said, warning that "this is not a short-lived shock; it has reduced the likelihood of near-term disinflation, and the food ...
