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Colorado Springs lawmakers push for advisory committee to establish Black history standards in schools
Colorado Springs Democrats Rep. Regina English and Sen. Tony Exum have introduced a bill to establish an advisory committee that will recommend standards to the Department of Education for teaching Black history and culture in K-12 schools. The bill expands upon a law passed in 2019 requiring schools to teach students about the history, cultural, and social…
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Top Trump ally Steve Bannon set to headline Colorado GOP’s annual fundraising dinner
Former senior Trump advisor Steve Bannon is slated to headline the Colorado Republican Party’s annual fundraising dinner in March, five months after the popular podcaster’s release from federal prison, the state GOP announced Thursday. An architect of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for president and the longtime host of the “War Room” podcast, the 71-year-old Bannon…
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Pueblo school district for censoring Facebook commenter
A federal judge last week agreed a man whose critical comments were allegedly removed from Pueblo School District 60’s Facebook page may sue the district for a violation of his First Amendment rights. James Erb filed suit in October alleging that he read a news story in May 2024 about three high school students who graduated…
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Senate Democrats introduce bill to require Colorado testing facilities to offer animals to shelters
Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced a new bill that would require Colorado animal testing facilities to offer test subjects, such as cats and dogs, to local shelters for adoption. Senate Bill 085, sponsored by Sen. Cathy Kipp, D-Fort Collins and Reps. Manny Rutinel, D-Greenwood Village, and Amy Paschal, D-Colorado Springs, would require medical research facilities in…
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Byron York sees Trump’s criticisms of Zelensky as ‘part of his plan’
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York speculated that President Donald Trump’s recent jabs at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are meant to “irritate.” Ukraine is approaching its third-year anniversary of the Russian invasion. While Zelensky has maintained control of its capital Kyiv, Russian President Vladimir Putin claims to have annexed Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson regions in the south…
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David Boren, former Oklahoma governor and senator, dies at 83
David Boren, the former governor of Oklahoma and longtime senator, died Thursday at 83. Boren was the last Democratic lawmaker to represent Oklahoma in the United States Senate, where he served from 1979 until 1994. Boren tied with J. Howard Edmondson as the state’s youngest governor before joining Congress after serving a single term. “He…
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WATCH LIVE: Vance delivers remarks at CPAC
HERE ARE THE LAWSUITS TARGETING TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDERS Vice President JD Vance is delivering remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Day Two at 10 a.m. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); CPAC is being held from Feb. 19 to Feb. 22 at the Gaylord National Convention Center outside of Washington, D.C. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095961405694822,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-5817-6791″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”);
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Trump orders refinish of the Resolute Desk, brings in Bush-era backup
President Donald Trump is overhauling the federal government in ways big and small, including a refresh of his desk at the White House. Trump has ordered work done on the Resolute Desk, which has been used by presidents beginning with Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880. ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, IT’S TRUMP FILING THE LAWSUITS (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var…
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Trump backs ‘DOGE dividend,’ floats debt paydown using Musk savings
President Donald Trump threw his support behind the idea of a “DOGE dividend,” a check that could be mailed out to 80 million households next summer under X CEO Elon Musk’s cost-cutting initiative. “There’s even under consideration a new concept where we give 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to…
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Hamas hands over the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages
Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including the two youngest. The remains of the elderly Oded Lifschitz and Yarden Bibas and her two children, Airel Bibas and Kfir Bibas, who were 4 years old and 8 months old at the time of their abduction, were handed over in black coffins. The two…