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Republicans face a midterm verdict as Iran war drags on months longer than Trump promised
BETHLEHEM, Pa. | Mike Gibbons sat out the presidential election two years ago, frustrated that Democrat Kamala Harris did not take a stronger stand against Israel’s war in Gaza and unable to bring himself to cast a vote for Republican Donald Trump. That is not his plan this year. The 33-year-old restaurant server in this […]
Colorado officials say mail ballots will go out normally in November despite Trump’s efforts to derail them
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Colorado election officials expect the November election to proceed without interruption despite attempts from the Trump administration to change how states use mail ballots. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed to move forward an executive order from President Donald Trump that would upend mail voting, saying […]
After six months of Iran war, US goals have shifted. The Strait of Hormuz is now a top concern
WASHINGTON | When President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran in late February, he initially forecast it would last four to five weeks. Six months later, there’s still no off-ramp in sight despite Trump’s repeated assertions that the war has been won or a deal to resolve it was nearly complete. A June memorandum […]
PERRY: Reality doesn’t care whether you believe. Science, however, needs you now
Here in Colorado, and across the country, we’ve got to get our OCD on to save the planet. Back when I was in the first grade, when we hunted wooly mammoths for fun, a few of us got to sit in on the science class with the big kids. We made thermometers with straws, water […]
Trump’s new economic squeeze on Iran has a big challenge: China
WASHINGTON | The ” economic onslaught ” that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared on Iran’s financial connections around the world may have one major caveat: China. Beijing is Iran’s biggest trading partner and its leading oil buyer. While the U.S. is trying to isolate the Islamic Republic from its remaining economic partners, President Donald […]
Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate
COLUMBIA, S.C. | U.S. Sen. Darline Graham won the Republican nomination to replace her late brother on South Carolina’s general election ballot, notching another win for President Donald Trump after he threw his support behind the political novice. Graham defeated U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman in Tuesday’s special Republican primary runoff, two weeks after they were […]
Three Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave pending investigation
Three U.S. Secret Service officials were placed on administrative leave Tuesday, pending the outcome of an investigation by the agency’s professional standards office. The three were operating in non-law-enforcement capacities and were being investigated for potential misconduct, the agency’s public information office reported. However, the cause for the action remained unclear as the Office of […]
Judge removes one hurdle for Trump mail voting order as states file new challenge before midterms
A federal judge on Wednesday lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, even as Democratic state officials filed a new court challenge with the midterm elections fast approaching. The fresh round of legal wrangling comes just two days after the Supreme Court handed down a procedural ruling in Trump’s […]
The US and Canada could pull back from an all-out trade war. It’s not clear that they will
WASHINGTON | The U.S. and Canada have ramped up their trade war, hitting each other with steep new tit-for-tat tariffs. Despite the bravado coming from both sides of the border, though, analysts suspect the longtime allies will eventually strike a deal to end a conflict neither really wants. The prospects for compromise looked bleak Tuesday, […]
EDITORIAL: Treacherous anti-vax bilge in Colorado, everywhere endangers all our future
The return to school and a potential public health disaster last week in Pennsylvania underscore why Colorado must end its perilous philosophical exemption to mandatory immunization. Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania “residents” died after being infected with measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus, the Associated Press reported this week. The state […]