( October 22, 2025, 10:52 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan denied the U.S. government’s bid to stay the $722.4 million Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against the government related to the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint, Mich., ruling that despite the current government shutdown, she “sees no reason why the lapse in appropriations should preclude the Government’s participation in this matter.”...