Tag: Politics
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Trump admin orders states to undo full SNAP payouts after Supreme Court ruling
Emily Hallas Washington Examiner The Trump administration over the weekend ordered states to “undo” certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments recently sent out to beneficiaries. The Department of Agriculture issued the Saturday memo in response to a Supreme Court ruling released Friday evening that stayed a lower court’s ruling ordering the Trump administration to deliver full SNAP payments on hold while the matter…
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Moderate Democrats, GOP reach deal to end shutdown
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of expanded health care subsidies, breaking the six-week stalemate and paving the way to fund operations through late January. In a test vote that is the…
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Moderate Democrats, GOP reach deal to end shutdown
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of expanded health care subsidies, breaking the six-week stalemate and paving the way to fund operations through late January. In a test vote that is the…
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Shutdown enters 40th day with flights snarled nationwide
Rachel Schilke Washington Examiner The government shutdown hit its 40th day on Sunday as the Senate prepared to reconvene for day two of its rare weekend session to try to move the needle as lawmakers sounded the alarm on rising disruptions to flights and beneficiary programs. The Senate was set to meet Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m., with Republicans scheduled to…
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Trump administration ‘working on’ 50-year mortgage to boost housing affordability
Zach LaChance Washington Examiner Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte announced on Saturday that his agency is actively working to introduce a 50-year mortgage term, a move that comes as President Donald Trump is grappling with the public’s concerns about affordability. Trump recently blasted the issue of affordability as a “con job” after Republicans suffered widespread…
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Fort Lewis College faces backlash from Republicans after denying Turning Point USA chapter
Republican legislators criticized the student government at Durango’s Fort Lewis College for rejecting a proposal to establish a Turning Point USA chapter on campus. Turning Point USA is a nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative issues on high school and college campuses. Its founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated during a campus event in Utah in…
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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history, dies at 84
WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at 84. George W. Bush’s vice president died Monday from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said on Tuesday…
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Key city council races in metro Denver | 2025 voter guide
Colorado voters will go to the polls on Nov. 4, when they will decide the fate of several issues, including two statewide measures and several local questions. Voters will also pick the leaders of several offices, notably several education officials in metro Denver. Additionally, candidates are vying for several council seats. A key date is…
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Can Jon Stewart be the 2028 Democratic nominee? Given the competition, why not?
The final delegates put the next Democratic nominee for president over the top to clinch the nomination. The crowd is electric inside the Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan, before exploding in applause after the state of New York announces its favorite son is going to take on Vice President JD Vance for the presidency. “There…
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Can Jon Stewart be the 2028 Democratic nominee? Given the competition, why not?
The final delegates put the next Democratic nominee for president over the top to clinch the nomination. The crowd is electric inside the Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan, before exploding in applause after the state of New York announces its favorite son is going to take on Vice President JD Vance for the presidency. “There…