By Cassidy Crawford, Staff Writer Photo Courtesy of Unsplash One of the most important institutions of the United States is our government…and it shut down? The government, after failing to provide funding past September 30, 2025, was in a shutdown.[1] This became the longest shutdown in United States history on […]
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Reversing Congress’ History of Not Passing Funding Bills on Time
By: Claudio Simione, Staff Writer At the time of writing this, lawmakers are coming towards the deadline to avert a government shutdown.[1] As most know, Congress is responsible for passing appropriations bills in order to provide funding to the federal government.[2] Failure to pass through bills or other resolutions can […]
Immigration Court Backlog Surpasses One Million Cases
By: Margaret Potter, Staff Writer Two years after taking office, the Trump administration enforced quotas on immigration judges in 2018 requiring each judge “…to clear seven hundred cases a year or get docked points on their performance evaluations.”[1] In addition to this burden on immigration judges, then Attorney General […]