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Colorado delegation urges Biden to consider national security, cost in Space Command basing decision
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Keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs. That was the message Colorado’s congressional delegation made loud and clear in a letter delivered to President Joe Biden Tuesday. “We remain deeply troubled that the decision to relocate USSPACECOM undermined the two most important factors for any critical basing decision: protecting national security and minimizing cost,” the…
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Trump says he’ll end NAFTA; strikes deal with Mexico alone
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President Donald Trump announced Monday he would end the North American Free Trade Agreement, adding that he has struck a new trade deal with Mexico. But where that leaves Canada, the third partner in NAFTA and Colorado’s top market for beef exports, is up in the air. In an announcement from the White House Monday,…
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Colorado to fly U.S. flag at half-staff in honor of Sen. John McCain
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Updated: Just after 2 p.m. Colorado time Monday, and after more than 24 hours of criticism,” President Trump issued a statement honoring Sen. John McCain’s service and ordered all U.S. flags flown at half-staff until after McCain is buried on Sunday. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has joined a growing list of governors who have ordered…
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As trade war escalates, Colo. faces broadening impact on export economy
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It isn’t only Colorado agriculture that’s getting nervous about what the Trump administration’s tariffs could cost them. Insiders at many industries in Colorado – even distillers – say they could be hurt by an escalation of the trade war between the United States and foreign trading partners like China, Canada and Mexico – the state’s…
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Bennet joins bipartisan Senate push to renew conservation fund
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet, plan to launch what they describe as a 100-day campaign to save a federal conservation fund that helps pay for parks and other public facilities – a program that President Donald Trump wants to slash. If you’ve ever visited the Cheyenne Mountain visitor center,…
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Sen. Bennet endorses Senate farm bill draft
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One day ahead of a hearing focused on the 2018 farm bill, Sen. Michael Bennet of Denver has endorsed the draft proposed by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Bennet announced Tuesday he would support the version released last week by the committee, of which he is a member. The ag committee is…
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Parkland school-shooting survivor gives fiery pro-gun-rights speech at Denver summit
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Kyle Kashuv is 17 and will be a senior in high school this fall. Between now and then, he’s actively recruiting other high school students to join him in learning about conservative values and to promote his ideas on gun rights. It’s a position that sets him apart from some of the other students at his high…
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Pruitt to conservatives in Denver: EPA is no longer a ‘bastion of liberalism’
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Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spoke to a friendly crowd Friday night at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, touting President Donald Trump’s accomplishments in reversing environmental regulations imposed by the previous Obama administration. We are living in transformational times, Pruitt told the audience: “God places responsibility on us to…
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Gardner calls for tough policy on N. Korea ahead of summit
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WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner used a Senate hearing Tuesday to repeat his hard-line stance against the militarization of North Korea. The hearing was timed as a forerunner to a summit meeting slated for next week in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “It is my hope…
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Three ways trump should fix NAFTA in renegotiations
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“NAFTA is the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere,” candidate Donald Trump proclaimed, “but certainly ever signed in this country.” That was during the first presidential debate. Later, then-candidate Trump tweeted, “I will renegotiate NAFTA. If I can’t make a great deal, we’re going to tear it up.” Now, over one year into his…
