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Is it legal for New York State to take your private property?

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul is slated to become New York’s 57th governor in less than two weeks following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement that he is resigning from his office. Hochul, a Buffalo native, will make history as the first woman to ever hold the office in New York state.

Have you noticed an increase in robocalls? You can thank the government shutdown. With no one monitoring the Do Not Call registry, telemarketers are having a field day.

The Twittersphere has some parting words for the former White House press secretary.

46 million Americans could be without food stamps at the beginning of the month if Congress doesn't pass legislation to keep government agencies open.

A group of 4th graders in New Hampshire took a field trip to the state legislature because they wanted to make the red-tailed hawk the state raptor (bird of prey). What was expected to be a fun-filled trip that would allow kids to learn how government works turned into an absolute nightmare!

Is the IRS closed for Tax season until January 31st (1/31)? We found out something interesting.

According to reports, The Washington Post has released four previously unpublished slides from the NSA's PowerPoint presentation on Prism. These new slides show how the government interfaced with nine companies, including such Google, Microsoft and Apple. Also, these slides showed on Prism worked.