The Denver Post: Uranium mines in Bears Ears? Shame on Trump.
A uranium company that is headquartered in Colorado “lobbied extensively” for President Donald Trump to reduce the size of Bears Ears National Monument, according to an investigation in last Sunday’s New York Times.
The implications of the story written by Hiroko Tabuchi were staggering: an area of long-held federal land only recently protected by President Barack Obama at the end of his administration for its significance to five Native American tribes could one day be pocked with uranium mines.
Tabuchi found that there are more than 300 uranium mining claims inside Obama’s boundaries for the national monument, nearly a third of which are tied to the Lakewood-based Energy Fuels Resources.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sparks backlash after raising clemency questions in Tina Peters case
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 14 seconds ago
Gov. Jared Polis ignited a political firestorm Tuesday night after weighing in on the prison sentences of two former Colorado officials convicted of attempting to influence a public servant. The comments quickly fueled speculation about possible clemency for former Mesa...
Colorado Supreme Court signals intervention in dispute over treatment for trans children
Michael Karlik
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Updated 19 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado on Tuesday to explain why it should not direct the organization to resume providing certain types of services to transgender children in compliance with the state’s non-discrimination law. Last month, a Denver...
Trump faces first domestic test on Iran conflict with Senate war powers vote
Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner
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Updated 20 hours ago
Administration officials are scrambling to sell members of Congress on President Donald Trump’s military operations in Iran ahead of bipartisan attempts to limit his war powers in the Middle East without approval from lawmakers. The Senate and House are set...
Supreme Court hands California parents win over secret gender transition policy
Jack Birle, Washington Examiner
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Updated 20 hours ago
The Supreme Court gave California parents a significant victory late Monday when it kept in place a lower court’s block of the Golden State’s public school policy hiding students’ gender identity and preferred pronouns from parents. A 6-3 majority on...
Judge nixes latest policy requiring 7 days’ notice for Congress members to visit ICE facilities
Michael Kunzelman
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Updated 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed on Monday to temporarily suspend the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to provide a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Judge...
Judge nixes latest policy requiring 7 days’ notice for Congress members to visit ICE facilities
Michael Kunzelman
michael.kunzelman@associatedpress.com
Updated 18 hours ago
WASHINGTON • A federal judge agreed on Monday to temporarily suspend the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to provide a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Judge Jia...
Gov. Polis, Upper Basin states criticize federal draft plan for managing the Colorado River
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 21 hours ago
With no agreement among the seven Colorado River states and federal deadlines now passed, the Upper Colorado River Commission on Monday sharply criticized the U.S. Department of the Interior’s draft plan for managing the river after current guidelines expire this...
Ballot access, dual-office ban bills move swiftly through Colorado legislature
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 22 hours ago
With an eye on the 2026 election cycle and mounting tensions with the Trump administration, Colorado lawmakers are fast-tracking a pair of election bills they say will protect the state’s mail ballot system and tighten rules for elected officials. The...
Colorado GOP chair Brita Horn loses ‘no-confidence’ vote, vows to refocus on ‘mending that divide’
Ernest Luning
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Updated 6 hours ago
The Colorado Republican Party’s state central committee approved a resolution expressing “no confidence” in state chair Brita Horn in a landslide late Monday night near the end of an online meeting marked by rancor and confusion. Almost 80% of the...
Trump to attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner for first time as president
Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner
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President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he accepted an invitation to this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It would mark the first time Trump has attended the dinner, in either term, since he’s been president. Trump announced the decision...