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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Ben Carson may not win the Republican presidential nomination, but it won’t be because he ignored Colorado. The soft-spoken Carson made a splash over the weekend at the Steamboat Institute’s Freedom Conference & Festival, posing for photos, playing a round of pool and drawing a standing ovation even before he began his…

President Obama secured a 34-vote, veto-proof Senate majority Wednesday in favor of the nuclear deal with Iran, but that doesn’t mean U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet can relax. The White House is now aiming for a 41-vote majority in order to block a Senate vote on the agreement, meaning that the Democrat Bennet is still under…

Every day that goes by without Sen. Michael Bennet making a decision on the Iran nuclear deal, the pressure builds. Bennet, a Democrat, has been buffeted by a deluge of ads, petitions and op-eds on the proposed agreement that rises as the number of Democratic senators who remain undecided dwindles. The latest whip count shows…

PARKER — It seems everybody wants to talk about George Brauchler’s political future these days except George Brauchler. As District Attorney for the 18th Judicial District, Brauchler has deferred questions about his plans until after the final sentencing of Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, which starts Aug. 24. But that hasn’t slowed the speculation. As…

With congressional Democrats still on the fence, Colorado’s pro-Israel community is making the case against President Obama’s proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, saying it will increase rather than reduce the chances of war. JEWISHcolorado sponsored a teleconference Tuesday with David Siegel, consul general of Israel in Los Angeles, who warned that the deal will be…