‘This madness needs to end’ say House Republicans as shutdown enters eighth day – US politics live
According to a report by The Guardian… Majority leader Steve Scalise continues to blame Democrats for not passing House-passed funding bill as shutdown continuesEx-FBI director pleads not guilty on lying to Congress chargeA series of “violent” texts sent by a Democrat seeking to become Virginia’s attorney general has shaken up the state’s governor’s race, with Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears seizing on the controversy to try to reverse her opponent’s double-digit polling lead.Earle-Sears has released new campaign advertisements condemning Democratic former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, her opponenent in the governor’s race, for continuing to support Jay Jones, whose private texts three years ago speculated about a senior state Republican getting “two bullets to the head” and “breeding little fascists”. Continue reading… complete report is on below link. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/08/donald-trump-james-comey-justice-department-national-guard-chicago-antifa-government-shutdown-us-politics-live-news-updates