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A government shutdown is nearing this weekend. What …

FILE - The Capitol is seen in Washington, Sept. 20, 2021. The federal government is heading toward a shutdown at month's end that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics. It comes as Republicans in the House, fueled by hard-right demands for deep cuts, force a confrontation over federal spending. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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On the brink of a government shutdown, the Senate tries …

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses while speaking to the media about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a looming government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Prosecutor in Hunter Biden case cut a contentious path …

FILE - President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

The Feinstein they knew: Women of the Senate remember …

This image from U.S. Senate video, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks about the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the Senate chamber on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Washington. In tributes to Feinstein after her death, her female colleagues talked about her indomitable, fierce intelligence and how she had paved the way for so many women. Feinstein was the first female mayor of San Francisco, one of California’s first two female senators and the first female chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. (Senate Television via AP)

Biden says shutdown isn’t his fault. Will Americans agree?

FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters just after voting to advance appropriations bills on the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday night, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Iowa’s two campaigns: Donald Trump’s rivals search for …

FILE - People stand on stairs to listen as Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Trump animates California Republicans with calls to shoot …

Hats with campaign slogans are sold before a speech by former President Donald Trump at the California Republican Party Convention, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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IRS contractor charged with leaking tax return information …

FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen on May 4, 2021, in Washington. A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service has been charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about a government official and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people. The Justice Department said in a statement Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, that 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C. is accused of stealing tax return information and giving it to two different news outlets between 2018 and 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

California Gov. Newsom will pick Feinstein’s replacement. …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom fields questions in the spin room before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Federal prosecutors press Trump gag order request …

Former President Donald Trump speaks in Clinton Township, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Mike Mulholland)

McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government …

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a looming government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. He is joined at right by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bail bondsman charged alongside Trump in Georgia …

In this image made from video from Judge Scott McAfee's virtual Zoom hearing, Scott Graham Hall, left, stands with his attorney Jeff Weiner, right, in Superior Court of Fulton County before Judge McAfee, not pictured, in Courtroom 5A on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Atlanta. Hall, a bail bondsman charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others in the Georgia election interference case, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges on Friday, becoming the first defendant to accept a plea deal with prosecutors. (USA Today via AP, Pool)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, trailblazer …

FILE - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., smiles after announcing the introduction of a Senate bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 16, 2011. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died. She was 90. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

What Dianne Feinstein’s death means for control of …

FILE - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and a group of women senators gather at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 4,2014, to advocate for a bill by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, that would allow people with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the lower interest rates currently offered to new borrowers. From left are, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Feinstein, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died. She was 90. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)