The federal government shutdown — and the escalating battle over which party bears the most blame — has injected a major new question mark into the governor’s race in Virginia, home to hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

Let’s start with the stipulation that the current government shutdown could hardly have been designed to be more damaging to Republican candidates in next month’s off-year gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey.

We look at the difficult position of independent courts and judges at a time when countries around the world are deeply divided.

Plus, Andrew Cuomo says he doesn't want Trump's support as he tries to close his polling gap with Zohran Mamdani in New York City.

The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday voted Takaichi to be the party’s next leader, which is also effectively Japan’s next Prime Minister, setting her up to be the first woman to lead the country.

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Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of Burton, Michigan, was a former U.S. Marine and Iraq War veteran. His Sept. 28 ambush on the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Grand Blanc Township left four people dead and eight wounded. He died in an exchange of gunfire with police.

The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. As party loyalty fades and the definition of that elusive swing voter shifts, elections are increasingly decided by who among these groups shows up to vote.

"The consumption of plastics is overwhelming right now," Elopak CEO Thomas Körmendi said during the "Growing Climate Solutions in Food System" panel. And sustainable packaging has between 35 to 70 percent lower carbon emissions than plastic packaging because of changes to reusability, transportation and production.

During a Sept. 30 interview on CNBC, Jimmy Fallon explained what it was like working on a late-night show following Jimmy Kimmel's brief suspension. The longtime late-night host said that he doesn't a