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Judge dismisses Trump’s $10B lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over reporting on ties to Epstein
Josh Boak
josh.boak@associatedpress.com
Updated 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in...
When a species is managed atop a pedestal, it isn’t management — it’s emotion | Rachel Gabel
Rachel Gabel
rachel-gabel@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
With petitions being tossed around like glitter at prom, it’s time for reasonable voters to sharpen their pencils and speak up. The first, of course, is in response to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission’s blatant disregard for their director,...
JBS plant employees ratify tentative agreement
Nicholas Fogleman
nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Workers at a JBS beef processing plant in Greeley ratified a tentative agreement Sunday, ending months of negotiations over a new contract. The two-year collective bargaining agreement covers nearly 3,800 workers, according to the United Food Commercial Workers Local 7...
Trump threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade after US-Iran ceasefire talks end without agreement
Samy Magdy
samy.magdy@associatedpress.com
Updated 22 hours ago
ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would “immediately” begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement or next diplomatic steps...
Let the state’s narrative-laundering season begin | Jon Caldara
Jon Caldara
jon-caldara@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
Politics is a game of narrative. Whoever controls the narrative wins. Sure, the truth is interesting. But truth doesn’t sell. It takes time to uncover, assuming people care enough to go digging for it. Narratives are easier. They’re simple, comforting...
Trump plans to move Forest Service headquarters to Utah, shutter research sites | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
The Associated Press
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Updated 4 days ago
UTAH Forest Service bound for Salt Lake City SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump’s administration will move the U.S. Forest Service headquarters out of the nation’s capital to Salt Lake City as part of an organizational overhaul that involves...
Home rule has protected Colorado cities for more than 125 years | Cronin & Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
tom-cronin-bob-loevy@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle. It’s one between the governor and state legislature in Denver on one side and populous “home rule” city governments, mainly on the Front Range — such as Colorado Springs. The state legislature...
Republicans Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx win spots in Colorado gubernatorial primary at party assembly
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 minutes ago
Two Christian ministry leaders from Colorado Springs qualified Saturday for the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot at the Colorado GOP’s state assembly in Pueblo in a party meeting that dragged late into the night. State Rep. Scott Bottoms, who is known...
Colorado House finishes work on 2026-27 state budget, finally
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
The House on Saturday, after four days of work – it usually takes two – finished up their work and voted on the $46.8 billion 2026-27 state budget, as contained in House Bill 1410 and 64 accompanying measures designed to...
Home rule has protected Colorado cities for over 125 years | Cronin and Loevy
Tom Cronin Bob Loevy
tom-cronin-bob-loevy@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle between the governor plus the legislature in Denver and populous home-rule city governments, mainly on the Front Range, such as Colorado Springs. In the past few years, the legislature has been passing bills that applied to city government policies, which...