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Bennet, Weiser clash on experience, leadership in 1st televised debate

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. DENVER | Democratic gubernatorial candidates U.S Sen. Michael Bennet and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser faced off his week in their first televised debate ahead of the June 30 primary election. During the hour-long live broadcast sponsored by […]

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US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting

Libyan Dr. Faysal Alghoula must renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana, but hasn’t been able to since the Trump administration stopped reviewing applications for people from several dozen countries it deemed high-risk. Alghoula’s current visa will expire in September if his application is denied. But last week, […]

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DOJ targets Colorado’s gun magazine limits prompted by Aurora theater shooting

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | The Trump administration sued Colorado over its law restricting large-capacity magazines for rifles a day after it sued Denver over its assault weapons ban. The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday, says the state’s restrictions on magazines capable of holding more than […]

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DOJ targets Colorado’s gun magazine limits prompted by Aurora theater shooting

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | The Trump administration sued Colorado over its law restricting large-capacity magazines for rifles a day after it sued Denver over its assault weapons ban. The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday, says the state’s restrictions on magazines capable of holding more than […]

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US military strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific

WASHINGTON | The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men. The attack came a day after U.S. forces struck an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in […]

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DOJ targets Colorado’s gun magazine limits prompted by Aurora theater shooting

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | The Trump administration sued Colorado over its law restricting large-capacity magazines for rifles a day after it sued Denver over its assault weapons ban. The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday, says the state’s restrictions on magazines capable of holding more than […]