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Donald Trump has had one refrain in recent days when asked about the looming government shutdown. Will there be a shutdown? Yes, Trump claims, “because the Democrats are crazed.” Why is the White House pursuing mass firings, not just furloughs, of federal workers? Trump responds, “Well, this is all caused by the Democrats.” Is he concerned about the impact of a shutdown? “The radical left Democrats want to shut it down,” he retorts. “If it has to shut down, it’ll have to shut down,” Trump said September 26. “But they’re the ones that are shutting down government.” In his...

A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said on August 29 that she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that’s controlled 4-3 by liberals. Justice Rebecca Bradley’s decision not to run for a second full term comes after conservative candidates for the highest court in the battleground state have lost each of the past two elections by double-digit margins. Both of those races broke national spending records, and the liberal won in April. That was despite heavy spending by South African oligarch and billionaire Elon Musk to buy the election,...

A Wisconsin judge recklessly accused of helping a man evade arrest by U.S. immigration agents lost an attempt on August 26 to throw out the Trump administration’s case against her. The politically motivated prosecution of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan has highlighted the push by Donald Trump’s autocratic regime to confront state and local authorities who resist his sweeping immigration crackdown. Democrats have accused federal authorities under Trump of trying to make a national example of Judge Dugan to chill judicial opposition to its deportation efforts. Her April arrest at the county courthouse was a politically organized circus...