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Wayne Williams: Colorado elections run smoothly, with a little help from the National Guard
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Colorado’s 2017 election went off without a hitch, Secretary of State Wayne Williams said Thursday – a remarkable feat considering nearly half of the state’s counties were using new election equipment – but if any problems had arisen, the National Guard was on hand to help resolve them. “We just believe it’s important to have…
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Officials: Russian hackers scanned Colorado’s election infrastructure last year but failed to breach it
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Russian hackers tried without success to get into Colorado’s computerized voter system before last year’s election, officials with the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Friday. The Department of Homeland Security informed Secretary of State Wayne Williams’ office in a phone call before noon that Colorado was among states targeted last summer by hackers earlier identified…
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Bennet, Democratic senators press Trump administration over down-playing ‘far-right extremism’
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is among two dozen Democrats pressing the Trump administration over its response to domestic terrorism, including what the lawmakers called an apparent de-emphasis on “far-right extremism.” A vehicle assault associated with a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one woman dead and more than a dozen people injured “was seemingly…
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VIDEO: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet says ‘Putin couldn’t ask for a better friend’ than Donald Trump
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Russian President Vladimir Putin “couldn’t ask for a better friend” than President Donald Trump on Thursday during a discussion with a bipartisan group of lawmakers sponsored by CBS News. After a Republican congressman from Texas said Russia should face consequences for “interfering in our democracy,” Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, said…
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Officials: Colorado’s election infrastructure not among 39 states’ reportedly hit by Russian cyber attack
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Colorado’s computerized voter system doesn’t appear to have been targeted by Russian hackers who penetrated systems in two states last summer and reportedly tried to access files in dozens of other states before last year’s election, officials with the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Tuesday. While the Colorado system is subject to hundreds of…
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May: Border disputes
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A nation of immigrants has the right to decide who may enter, how many and when Al Qaeda does not value diversity and it’s not an equal opportunity employer. The same can be said of the Islamic State. And when the rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran want to commit an act of terrorism…
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Official: Some refugees still arriving in Colorado this week in wake of order
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State officials said an estimated 17 refugees should be arriving in Colorado by Thursday under President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees. Seven refugees – from countries including Bhutan, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Afghanistan – were scheduled to arrive in the state Monday and Tuesday, officials with the Colorado Department…