'It's crazy': Shutdown caps Congress' week from hell  —  Back in the 1990s, as then-Speaker Gingrich put it, Republicans could at least “afford to have five or six people be idiots.”  —  Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman has never seen a scenario like this week: “Not in real life — in movies.

Judge in Trump racketeering case denies motion to suppress evidence  —  X  —  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Friday denied a motion by former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro to toss out emails and memos he wrote detailing a plan to use a Republican slate of electors …

The Trump administration touted him as a victim of #MeToo.  Now he's accused of dismembering a girlfriend  —  The gruesome discovery spoke to a ghastly crime.  —  On the afternoon of July 20, someone using a waterfront trail in Alameda spotted a large garbage bag wrapped in duct tape …

Pregnant with no OB-GYNs around: In Idaho, maternity care became a casualty of its abortion ban  —  After an Idaho hospital closed its obstetrics department, pregnant women in the county have been left without nearby care.  Their OB-GYNs fled the state.  —  If you're pregnant in Bonner County …

IRS contractor charged with stealing Donald Trump's tax returns, which were leaked to press  —  Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official.

‘Multiple’ people dead after truck crash and ammonia leak lead to evacuation in Illinois  —  The Friday evening crash involved a semi-truck that started leaking anhydrous ammonia, prompting an evacuation of people within about a one mile radius of the crash, including parts of Teutopolis in south central Illinois.

A President on a Picket Line  —  On Tuesday, Joe Biden became the first sitting American president to walk a picket line.  Specifically, he joined strikers and spoke briefly outside a General Motors facility in Van Buren Township, Mich., where hundreds of striking autoworkers were demanding …

Trump Wins Delay on Deposition So He Can Attend Fraud Trial  —  A federal judge in Florida agreed to delay Donald Trump's deposition in his $500 million lawsuit against Michael Cohen by a week because the former president said he wants to attend the start of his New York state civil fraud trial.

Dress code debate reflects the US Senate's diminished reputation  —  The debate over the U.S. Senate dress code, spurred by Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), is a fight that seems insignificant to most yet reflects how the once vaunted and respected institution of the U.S. Senate has diminished in the eyes of the American people.

Michigan Republican Party faces financial turmoil, bank records show  —  Lansing — The Michigan Republican Party had about $35,000 in its bank accounts in August, according to internal records that flash new warning signs about the dire state of the GOP's finances and raise questions …

With Shutdown Looming, Biden Calls Out Speaker McCarthy for a “Terrible Bargain” With MAGA Republicans  —  In a wide-ranging video interview being published Sunday, the president also addressed broad threats to democracy, ethical concerns about the Supreme Court and more.

Dialogue has started: NACP suspends 5 Greek shipping companies and OTP Bank from the list of international sponsors of war while negotiations are underway  —  Посилання скопійовано

BREAKING: First Trump RICO defendant takes plea agreement  —  X  —  Bail bondsman Scott Hall on Friday became the first defendant in the Fulton County election interference case to take a plea agreement with prosecutors.  —  During an impromptu hearing before Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee …