Federal government shuts down for first time in 17 years By Washington Examiner September 30, 2013 12:00 am FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint TagsNews Alert Related Content Campaigns 2026 elections to keep an eye on Fairness and Justice Internal Minnesota attorney general memo settles debate on Somali fraud Editorials Anti-ICE Democrats get another innocent person killed White House Trump warns of January government shutdown over Obamacare during North Carolina speech News Bannon calls Ben Shapiro a ‘cancer’ in Turning Point conference speech