Author: Wire Services
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U.S. Supreme Court clears way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms
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 order mandates the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to create those lists — to be…
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U.S. Senate OKs funding bill to avoid government shutdown
Hemp provision became point of contention WASHINGTON • The U.S. Senate in an overnight vote Saturday approved a short-term measure to fund federal agencies into early December and avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season. The late-summer action on a funding fix is unusual. Normally, Congress waits until the final days or…
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Trump pays respects to 4 U.S. service members killed
Denver Gazette Wire Services DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday honored the lives of four U.S. service members who were killed in the Middle East and returned to their families at an air force base in Delaware. The president saluted as four transfer cases carrying the service members’ remains were escorted off…
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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
WASHINGTON • A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on the dominant understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil…
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Gun rights groups split with Trump administration over Minnesota shooting
The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is opening a new fault line between President Donald Trump and his conservative base, as gun rights groups denounce what they say are a series of anti-Second Amendment statements justifying the shooting. The Trump administration has faced withering GOP criticism after officials argued that Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU…
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Colorado Democrats react to Alex Pretti’s death in Minnesota
Colorado’s Democrats called for an “impartial” investigation into the death of a man shot by a federal agent during an immigration operation on Saturday. Meanwhile, the chief of the Border Patrol defended the shooting, saying Alex Pretti inserted himself in an ongoing law enforcement operation. Gov. Jared Polis called the shooting “tragic and unacceptable.” Pretti’s…
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Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence, saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of being stifled by a patchwork of onerous rules while in a battle with Chinese competitors for supremacy. Members of Congress from both parties, as well as civil…
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Trump says he has ‘pardoned’ Tina Peters
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is “pardoning” Tina Peters, though that won’t free the former Colorado elections administrator as she was convicted under state laws of a security breach of her office’s voting equipment. Trump’s pardon power does not extend to state crimes like those for which Peters was convicted last year and…
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FBI to interview with Democratic lawmakers who urged military to refuse ‘illegal orders’
The FBI sought interviews with six Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging U.S. service members to reject “illegal orders,” a development that suggests a rapidly escalating review of the lawmakers’ conduct that some military and legal experts say could prove difficult to prosecute under existing statutes. One of those legislators is Colorado’s Jason Crow, who represents the…
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Democrats reckon with lofty Obamacare promises after shutdown defeat
Ramsey Touchberry Washington Examiner Democrats bet big that President Donald Trump would cave to their healthcare demands in a protracted government shutdown fight. Now, they’re facing a reckoning from the party’s base over the miscalculation. The standoff, which centered on expiring Obamacare subsidies, ended up backing congressional Democrats into a corner and disappointing supporters, who expected them to…