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Joe Biden visits Denver on national book tour to share White House stories and hope
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Former Vice President Joe Biden, whose road to the White House in 2008 officially began in Denver, returned to the Mile High City Saturday night to talk politics and the Trump administration – and to promote a new book on the relationship with the son who died of cancer two years ago. Biden spoke for…
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Joe Biden to promote $12.15 book at $89.50 event in Denver Saturday night
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Joe Biden, the former vice president, will be in Denver Saturday night to promote his new book “Promise Me, Dad; A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.” The book costs $12.15 on Amazon, but tickets to see the “American Promise” tour to promote it are $89.50 each and “subject to additional fees.” The event begins…
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Otero County Republican Judy Reyher engulfed in controversy after contested House District 47 vacancy appointment
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The aftershocks were still coming days after a Republican vacancy committee picked a replacement for former state Rep. Clarice Navarro, the Pueblo Republican who resigned to take a position with the Trump administration in early November. Judy Reyher, a Swink resident and former Otero County GOP chair, won the appointment to Navarro’s seat on a…
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Former U.S. ambassador Dan Baer: ‘We have reached a point where Tillerson should be removed’
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Dan Baer, the former U.S. ambassador who launched a brief congressional campaign in Colorado’s 7th District earlier this year, on Monday said recent reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears to be gutting the State Department and has been skipping diplomatic security briefings means it’s time for the one-time oil executive to call it quits.…
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in weekly Democratic address calls GOP tax plan ‘the opposite of what we need’
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado on Friday sounded the alarm over Republican-sponsored tax legislation steaming its way through Congress, charging the bill only helps the very wealthy at the same time it adds to everyone else’s burdens – all while exploding the national debt. “As early as next week the United States Senate may…
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DeGette: Pass DACA fix by year end or look elsewhere for support on deal to avert shutdown
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, said Wednesday she’ll withhold her vote on a crucial December spending deal unless the House passes legislation before the end of the year to protect undocumented immigrants who came to the country as minors. Some congressional Republicans have been pushing to postpone a vote re-establishing the Obama-era Deferred Action…
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Democrat Jared Polis launches site linking GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo with Donald Trump
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, a Democrat running for governor of Colorado, on Thursday launched an attack tying Tom Tancredo to President Donald Trump, charging the GOP gubernatorial candidate and Trump are “ideologically one and the same” – but far from rejecting the attack, Tancredo fired back, calling Polis “just another whiny liberal elite.” “Stop Tom Tancredo…
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90-year-old Frank Francone bound for congressional ceremony to honor Filipino World War II vets
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Ninety-year-old World War II veteran Frank Francone will be on hand Wednesday in Washington to help commemorate the service and sacrifice of the Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers who fought to liberate the Philippines more than 70 years ago. House and Senate leaders plan to gather at the U.S. Capitol to present a Congressional Gold Medal to…
