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Who has the power to declare war? | Cronin and Loevy
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Our constitutional framers boldly and ambitiously granted Congress the power to declare war yet granted the executive the responsibility, after war is declared, to supervise war as the commander-in-chief. That worked well until the Cold War began. The U.S. has been involved in dozens of wars, antiterrorist operations and other military interventions over the past 80…
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Trump appoints Erika Kirk to Air Force Academy board
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President Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to fill a seat on the Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors. Charlie Kirk, the founder of conservative group Turning Point USA, was a member of the Board of Visitors and attended a meeting before his assassination in September. His wife,…
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Mayor Mobolade responds to Trump’s social media post, drawing thousands of reactions
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Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade responded Friday to a video posted on President Donald Trump’s social media account depicting Democratic former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Trump condemned the video, after it drew widespread criticism — including from some Republicans — for dehumanizing people of African descent. The president also…
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Election 2026 will be a big Democratic year, unless President Trump avoids the ‘sixth-year’ jinx | Bob Loevy
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Here is analysis of which political party, the Democrats or the Republicans, will win the 2026 general elections for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives next November. Because the U.S. president will not be on the ballot in November of 2026, such elections are often referred to as “midterm” elections. More important,…
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The ramifications of President Trump’s pursuit of Greenland | Kelly Sloan
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President Donald Trump has evidently stepped back from his threatened fantasy of invading Greenland — the sovereign territory of a U.S. ally — to which many a sigh of relief has been expressed, including by the markets. There was next to no chance of such a thing actually happening, whether by force, annexation, or whatever…
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Trump signs farm bill legalizing hemp, proposes work rules on food stamps
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President Donald Trump signed the 2018 farm bill Thursday, praising those who got the bill to his desk before Congress adjourned for the holidays. But what he and other Republicans couldn’t get in the farm bill — modifications to work requirements for people who get food stamps — he’s now attempting to get through rulemaking. …
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INSIGHTS | Washington runs hot & cold on climate, fires
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You can’t say the Trump administration has no plan to combat the ravages of climate change. Pick up a rake and head to the forest, President Trump seemed to suggest after viewing the ravages of the California wildfire. In a burned-down community called Paradise, the president said, “Pleasure, what a name.” It feels like much…
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Colorado’s Gardner, Bennet try to save rural funding
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As President Trump calls for cuts to throttle the soaring deficit on government spending, Colorado Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet are making moves to shelter rural funding. Gardner, a Republican, and Bennet, a Democrat, signed a letter to Senate leadership Wednesday to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. Gardner, Bennet and other…
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INSIGHTS | What this election meant in the scope of time
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Colorado is going to change because of the way people cast their ballots this year. That’s true, perhaps, every election, but this one more than most. Yet it won’t be as awful or everlasting a thing as most giddy or depressed partisans will have you believe in the days and weeks ahead, especially those asking…
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Bennet smacks down Trump’s credit-taking on the economy
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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is old school when it comes to dollars and business sense, and Wednesday he lectured President Trump on economics from the floor of the U.S. Senate. Bennet was a lawyer with a keen business mind until he made his fortune working deals for Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz`(owner of Colorado Politics), before…
