A crosswalk signal of a traffic light flashes backdropped by the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 1, the first day of the US federal government shutdown. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

The government shutdown is on the verge of becoming the longest in US history — and lawmakers still have no idea how much longer it will go.

In Washington, senators left town for the weekend deadlocked and more frustrated than ever, while critical safety net programs could soon lose federal funding for the first time.

Two federal judges said Friday that the Trump administration must tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for the month of November. President Donald Trump said later Friday he’d instructed administration lawyers

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