A federal judge denied the US 's request to pause several upcoming deadlines during the government shutdown in a legal fight over President 's deployment of National Guard troops to Washington.
In a one-paragraph order on Thursday, US District Judge wrote that the written materials the government was due to submit this month relate to the District's request for urgent judicial intervention -- the type of time-sensitive issue that the Washington court has determined shouldn't be delayed by Congress' budget impasse.
The Justice Department has been winding down its obligations in civil cases since ...