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A "government shutdown" in the federal wild is a rare sight.Oh, people talk a lot about government shutdowns. It’s kind of like spotting an elusive species while on safari in Africa. Maybe spying the Aurora Borealis during a trip to Quebec. Perhaps finding yourself in the "zone of totality" for a solar eclipse.Many now toiling on Capitol Hill, serving in the federal government, working for the current Trump administration or […]

Americans across party lines say the United States is in a political crisis, according to the findings of a new national poll conducted after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Seventy-nine percent of voters nationwide questioned in a Quinnipiac University survey released this week said the country's in a political crisis, with just 18% disagreeing.Ninety-three percent of Democrats, 84% of independents and 60% of Republicans said the nation's in a […]

A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden was assigned to preside over the Department of Justice’s prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, who stands accused of lying to Congress.Judge Michael Nachmanoff of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia set an arraignment for Oct. 9 in the case involving one of President Donald Trump’s top political nemeses. Nachmanoff is a former public defender, which lawyer […]