Tag: Donald Trump
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Colorado’s chief federal judge breaks with colleagues on issue of mandatory immigration detention
Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico broke with his peers on Colorado’s U.S. District Court last week in siding with the government’s argument about the broad scope of its immigration detention authority. In an April 15 order finding that a man was properly in custody without a bond hearing, Domenico acknowledged his view is the outlier…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs transgender services case involving Children’s Hospital and federal threats
Some members of the Colorado Supreme Court expressed discomfort on April 14 with having to decide whether to order Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume providing certain services to transgender children, which could trigger a “death sentence” if the federal government imposes consequences. “I’m assuming there’s no middle ground here with the federal administration, in terms…
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NASA to build permanent base on moon, test space-based nuclear power in bid to meet Trump’s space policy
In the 1960s, the United States won the space race decisively by planting the American flag firmly on the moon. Over the next five years, 12 NASA astronauts walked on the moon before the Apollo program, one of the most expensive and scientifically intensive programs undertaken by the U.S., was ultimately canceled. NASA’s priorities shifted…
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U.S. begins blockade of Iran’s ports, Tehran threatens retaliation
The Denver Gazette Wire Services DUBAI • The U.S. military began a blockade of Iran’s ports on Monday, while Tehran threatened to retaliate against its Gulf neighbors’ ports after weekend talks in Islamabad on ending the war broke down. A U.S. official said there was continued engagement with Iran, and forward motion on trying to…
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Mail-in ballots: Why the controversy | Cronin and Loevy
Most Coloradans enjoy the right to vote by mail at election time. Most Americans favor this process. But President Donald Trump is trying to federalize (nationalize) this practice and shift the supervision of voting from county clerks to the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Postal Service. He issued an executive order to this…
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Colorado sues Trump administration over elections order
Colorado has joined a coalition of states in suing President Donald Trump over his new executive order on elections, arguing the directive unlawfully intrudes on their authority to run their own voting systems and threatens access to mail ballots for millions of voters. The lawsuit argued that Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional because it intrudes…
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Trump says Pam Bondi, a loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as attorney general
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively to investigate the Republican president’s perceived enemies. The announcement follows…
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Colorado appeals court orders new sentencing for Tina Peters, upholds convictions
Colorado’s second-highest court determined on Thursday that a trial judge improperly sentenced former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters based upon her exercise of protected speech, while at the same time upholding her convictions. The three-judge Court of Appeals panel also concluded that President Donald Trump’s attempted pardon of Peters for state-level convictions last year was…
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WATCH: Trump to address nation on Iran war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was set to address the nation Wednesday night and offer an update on the war in Iran, his first prime-time speech since launching strikes alongside Israel more than a month ago. The speech will offer Trump a wide audience to articulate clear objectives for the war that could attempt…
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Colorado leaders say Trump’s executive order targeting mail voting violates state election authority
Colorado leaders criticized President Donald Trump’s new executive order issued Tuesday, arguing that its creation of a national voter‑eligibility list and new limits on mail voting violate states’ constitutional authority to run their own elections. President Donald Trump has frequently criticized mail-in voting, calling it “mail-in cheating.” Through the SAVE Act in Congress, the president…