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U.S. Courts Begin Furloughs as Shutdown Deepens, First in Nearly Three Decades
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As of Friday, October 17, 2025, at around 11:04 a.m. PT, the most widely covered development is the announcement that the U.S. federal
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.
- The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays.
- A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night's deadline for the court to act approaches.
