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Trump’s 10th Circuit nominee declines to name 2020 election winner, defends immigration decisions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 33 seconds ago
President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Denver-based federal appeals court declined to say who won the 2020 presidential election during his appearance before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, and defended his recent rulings in immigration detention cases. U.S....
Colorado’s ‘right to natural gas’ measure submits signatures to qualify for November ballot
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A natural-gas rights initiative backed by Advance Colorado is likely headed to the November ballot, triggering a parallel campaign by environmental groups seeking to impose new liabilities on oil and gas operators. Petitions for Initiative No. 177 were turned in...
Economists: Colorado budget improves slightly, but deficits still loom
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
State economists reported a stronger-than-expected bump in general fund revenue driven largely by higher individual income tax collections, yet warned that Colorado remains on track to begin the next fiscal year with a sizable shortfall. State economists upgraded “significantly” the...
Colorado law allowing lawsuits against ‘conversion therapy’ providers takes effect July 1
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 hours ago
With a new law taking effect July 1, Colorado is creating a legal pathway for people to sue licensed providers of “conversion therapy,” even as debate over the practice’s constitutionality continues in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court...
Colorado justices expand ability for civil defendants to avoid participating, win after trial
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court decided on Tuesday that a civil defendant, whose non-participation in the case meant that he legally admitted to the sexual assault allegations against him, could nonetheless prevail after he showed up to testify at trial. A...
Trump heads to Senate as GOP grows more willing to challenge White House
Naomi Lim
naomi-lim@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
President Donald Trump normally summons congressional Republicans to the White House, but on Wednesday, he is making a rare trip to Capitol Hill to have lunch with GOP senators. And at least publicly, there is one agenda item. “We’re just...
Trump blasts oil companies for not lowering prices to consumers, accuses them of price gouging
Washington Examiner Staff
washington-examiner-staff@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
President Donald Trump criticized “big oil companies” for not lowering prices for consumers, even though oil purchase costs have dropped. He accused oil companies of price gouging consumers, ordered the Department of Justice to investigate current practices, and demanded that...
Federal agents arrest ex-New York Mayor Eric Adams’s former chief of staff
Brady Knox
brady-knox@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Federal agents arrested former New York Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff as part of a wider corruption investigation, according to several outlets. Frank Carone, Adams’s first chief of staff, was reportedly arrested with three others as part of a...
Dispute over nuclear inspections shows how US and Iran are negotiating in public
Jon Gambrell
jon.gambrell@associatedpress.com
Updated 6 hours ago
TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim U.S.-Iran deal to reach an end to the war. An Iranian...
Colorado justices find ability to extend appeal deadline applies equally to prosecutors, defendants
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court decided on Tuesday that prosecutors have the same ability as criminal defendants to freeze their deadline to appeal a trial judge’s ruling when they ask for reconsideration, even though the rules do not explicitly say so....