On December 21, 2018, the federal government of the United States temporarily shut down. The third shutdown of the year, this particular shutdown was caused by a failure by Congress to pass a spending bill regarding the border wall by Friday at midnight exactly. This failure is a result of Democrats resisting to pass the bill, while Republicans and Donald Trump believe they should. The bill Donald Trump wants to use to fund the wall is more than $4 billion.

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg died on Monday, November 26, 2018. He was 56 years old. He died from a disease called Lou Gehrig's disease. Hillenburg was an American animator, cartoonist, and a marine biologist. Hillenburg created, ...