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Trump lowers flags to half-staff for Dolly Parton: ‘The World loves you’
Naomi Lim
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Updated 2 minutes ago
President Donald Trump is honoring the life of country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton by ordering federal buildings across the country to lower flags to half-staff for a week. “Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the...
Ted Cruz suggests GOP realignment coming after Trump leaves office
Emily Hallas
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Updated 4 minutes ago
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday suggested the Republican Party could embrace a directional shift after President Donald Trump leaves office, a transition that promises to leave a gaping hole in the GOP. Cruz is known as a critical ally...
Denver murder conviction reversed for incomplete self-defense instruction
Michael Karlik
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Updated 4 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s murder conviction last week because a Denver judge gave an incomplete instruction to the jury about the man’s right to self-defense. Donald R. Gonzales and Gary McLaughlin met up in a Capitol Hill parking...
Colorado lawmaker, House leaders named in workplace-retaliation lawsuit
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 32 minutes ago
A former legislative aide has filed a lawsuit alleging she was mistreated, illegally directed to perform campaign work and harmed by a House leadership structure she charged was fragmented, politicized and ineffective at protecting employees. The lawsuit, filed by Jennifer...
Secret Service confirms awareness of Iranian state media video threatening Barron Trump’s life
The Associated Press
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Updated 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service has confirmed it is aware that Iranian state media has aired a video that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, President Donald Trump’s youngest son. “The U.S. Secret Service is aware...
Blue states should avoid disasters | Hal Bidlack
Hal Bidlack
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Updated 5 hours ago
Back when I was teaching political science at the U.S. Air Force Academy (and amazingly to me, a week from this column’s publication will mark 20 years since my retirement from active duty. Where the heck did that time go?)...
Right-to-hunt ballot measure’s a cruel, anti-wildlife solution to a nonexistent problem | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 16 hours ago
By Eric Washburn I love to hunt. Every year I try to hunt big game in Colorado and waterfowl in Louisiana. This year, I applied for five Colorado big game licenses — elk, deer, pronghorn, moose and bighorn sheep. I...
Federal judge hears arguments about Colorado’s 3-day gun purchase waiting period
Michael Karlik
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Updated 5 hours ago
A federal judge heard arguments on Monday about the constitutionality of a 2023 Colorado law that generally imposes a three-day waiting period on firearm purchases after the initiation of a background check. The test that the U.S. Supreme Court created...
US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say
The Associated Press
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Updated 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States. If it happens, the move would...
U.S. Supreme Court clears way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms
Wire Services
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Updated 21 hours ago
WASHINGTON • The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead with an executive order that seeks to restrict the mailing of ballots to American citizens in an eligible voters list. The executive...