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Trump notches some legal wins amid court battles
After a flurry of legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive actions prompted courts to block parts of his agenda, several recent rulings suggest the Trump administration’s legal arguments are beginning to gain traction. While judges have blocked major initiatives, including an attempt to freeze foreign aid funding and impose new restrictions on birthright citizenship,…
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Peter Navarro says Trump going ‘back to the future’ with sweeping tariff plan
EXCLUSIVE — President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser is promising a “structural realignment” of the global economy as the White House begins to impose sweeping tariffs on both foes and traditional U.S. allies. In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, Peter Navarro predicted the tariffs, so far implemented on goods like steel and aluminum,…
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Trump tests executive power with order stripping agency independence
President Donald Trump took another step in his mission to assert control over the executive branch by signing an order that curbs the ability of independent agencies to operate outside the bounds of the president’s agenda, a move that could upend decades-old federal law. Independent agencies that have significant authority, such as the Federal Election…
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Trump elevates Kathy Hochul and Gretchen Whitmer to his Council of Governors
President Donald Trump announced his appointments to his administration’s Council of Governors on Wednesday, including a few both parties that he has sparred with over the years. “Today, President Donald J. Trump announced new appointments to the Council of Governors, a bipartisan group of state leaders tasked with strengthening state-federal partnerships on key national security,…
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Republicans’ frustration with DOGE cuts heightened by lack of answers
Heartburn among Republican senators is intensifying over the Trump administration’s sweeping federal spending freezes, cuts, and layoffs that could jeopardize services or programs in lawmakers’ home states. The rapid government changes, made without congressional approval to funds Congress already appropriated, have come from executive orders by President Donald Trump and at the direction of billionaire…
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Combating Trump’s rightward tack, Colorado on national road not taken | NOONAN
[inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vY29sb3JhZG9wb2xpdGljcy5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzgvM2QvODNkZTk3OTAtYzM5Zi0xMWVkLWFkZTktYmZiMzUzNWZjZTI1LzY0MTI3YTdmMTliNmQuaW1hZ2UucG5n” alt=”MDMxNjIzLWNwLXdlYi1vcGVkLU5vb25hbi0x” caption=”UGF1bGEgTm9vbmFu”] Paula Noonan The Trump administration and the Colorado legislature are moving in opposite directions. This trend will test the durability of the Democratic Party in the state as its policies are crosswise with the dismantling of the federal bureaucracy and President Donald Trump’s policies in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration is…
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Credit Card Competition Act hurts Colorado’s minority workers | OPINION
[inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vY29sb3JhZG9wb2xpdGljcy5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzcvNjQvNzY0MWY2ZDAtYjFlNy0xMWVmLWE0ZmItOTcxYjk3YzIzNDA5LzY3NGZiZWNjZDVhNGMuaW1hZ2UuanBn” alt=”MTIwNDI0LWNwLXdlYi1vcGVkLVBvZGl1bS0x” caption=”TWlhaCBOdGVwcA==”] Miah Ntepp Denver International Airport is now the fourth-busiest airport in the United States and the sixth-busiest in the world. DIA’s exponential growth exceeding all expectations is due to, not in spite of, DIA’s unwavering support for diversity, equity and inclusion. From the time the idea of DIA was started under…
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Defeat rate-setting bill to help Colorado’s at-risk hospitals | OPINION
[inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vY29sb3JhZG9wb2xpdGljcy5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzUvNWMvNTVjN2JlZjItZWY0MS0xMWVmLTk2OTktM2Y3ZTY2YWI1OWVlLzY3YjZhY2NhZDQwYTIuaW1hZ2UuanBn” alt=”MDIyMDI1LWNwLXdlYi1vcGVkLVRpZW1hbk9wLTE=” caption=”SmVmZiBUaWVtYW4=”] Jeff Tieman In nearly 100 hospitals across our state, I have visited with chief executives and cooks in the cafeteria, with nurse managers and physical therapists, with emergency room doctors and custodians, and so many others. I know firsthand how hard they work every day to serve their patients and communities.…
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10th Circuit revives transgender detainee’s lawsuit against El Paso County sheriff
The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Wednesday that a transgender detainee at the El Paso County jail could proceed with her lawsuit against the sheriff and a deputy for alleged violations of her constitutional rights. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit agreed that several of…
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The new Kendrick Castillo Way in Douglas County replaces Lucent Boulevard
No matter the day, it’s always going to be Kendrick Castillo Way between County Line Road and South Broadway in Douglas County’s northernmost municipality. On May 7, 2019, high school senior Kendrick Castillo sacrificed himself to save the lives of other students during the STEM School Highlands Ranch mass shooting, which injured eight other students.…