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Judge blocks federal retaliation against Boulder climate agency
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A federal judge in Colorado has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to transfer control of a climate research supercomputer, ruling the move likely violated federal law and may have been motivated by political retaliation. U.S. Senior District Judge R. Brooke Jackson on Monday granted a preliminary injunction halting plans by the federal government to shift…
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Federal judge hears request to halt ‘stewardship’ transfer of NCAR supercomputer
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A federal judge sought to understand last week how the government possesses the authority to transfer “stewardship” of a research and forecasting supercomputer from the Boulder-based operator of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. In the process, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson raised questions about whether the decision is final, what “stewardship”…
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Trump’s latest funding cuts dampen bipartisan dealmaking in 2026
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Senate Republicans are optimistic about bipartisanship beyond healthcare next year, despite the looming midterm elections, but some of President Donald Trump’s latest actions could thwart the appetite for deal-making. The administration is dismantling a federal climate center and halting construction of offshore wind projects, drawing ire from Democrats who say the moves intentionally undercut clean…
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2025 Unfiltered: Moments that marked Colorado’s decidedly off-kilter political year
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From the flurry of executive orders that ushered in President Donald Trump’s second term to a blizzard of lawsuits filed by the state’s Democratic officials, the state’s political year was marked by near-constant conflict between the GOP-controlled federal government and the Democrats who run Colorado. The year saw the Trump administration step up immigration enforcement…
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Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab in Colorado
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, moving to dissolve a research lab that a top White House official described as “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.″ White House budget director Russ Vought criticized the lab in a social media post…