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Furloughed federal workers and those aligned with them protest the partial government shutdown in the Hart Senate Office Building on January 23 in Washington DC.
- The longest government shutdown in history is now over. But its effects will continue to play out.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump said the government would reopen for three weeks. By February 15, he said, he expects a deal on border security.
- But the 35-day shutdown affected multiple layers of the federal government, from its own employees to programs and services that were left fundless and unable to support Americans.
The government shutdown is over, as President Donald Trump on Friday announced his support for a plan to reopen the government temporarily.
But the 35-day shutdown, the longest on record, will have lingering effects. Here are five ways the shutdown will continue to impact Americans and the US government: