Tag: Politics
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Trump awaits court decisions on National Guard deployments
Jack Birle Washington Examiner Legal battles over President Donald Trump‘s use of the National Guard in cities to protect federal assets have dragged on even as unrest has subsided, with the president awaiting key court decisions over the deployments in Los Angeles and Chicago. Trump first deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles in June, after unrest over immigration operations in…
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As gerrymandering battles sweep country, supporters say partisan dominance is ‘fair’
The Denver Gazette wire services When Indiana adopted new U.S. House districts four years ago, Republican legislative leaders lauded them as “fair maps” that reflected the state’s communities. But when Gov. Mike Braun recently tried to redraw the lines to help Republicans gain more power, he implored lawmakers to “vote for fair maps.” What changed?…
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Defeated council members miscast Aurora | Pius Kamau
Like my neighbors, I’m proud of the city where I have lived for some three decades. It is enough time to see some two lane streets morph into five lane traffic arteries. I worked in the then-two small community hospitals before one swallowed up the other and got big; when slumbering Fitzsimons Army Medical Center awakened…
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DOJ sues Colorado Secretary of State for refusing to release voter information
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold after she refused to provide the agency with certain voter information. Last week, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division asked Griswold’s office to provide unredacted voter data, including full names, dates of birth, residential addresses, and driver’s license numbers. Federal…
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Trump admin to end Biden-era SAVE student loan plan
Brady Knox Washington Examiner The Trump administration announced a joint agreement with Missouri to end the Biden administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education student loan forgiveness plan, its third and final attempt to do so. The joint settlement agreement entails forbidding new borrowers from joining the SAVE plan and moving all enrollees into legal repayment plans. The settlement is…
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Obamacare fraud report gives fiscal conservatives boost in fight over subsidies
Gabrielle M. Etzel Washington Examiner Fiscal conservatives are poised to leverage a recent bombshell report on widespread fraud within the Obamacare program as a tool to thwart a temporary extension of enhanced premium subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year. GOP members who do not wish to extend the temporarily added…
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Appeals court hands Trump win over transgender military ban
Kaelan Deese Washington Examiner A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s ban on military service by individuals who identify as transgender or have gender dysphoria, staying a lower-court order that blocked War Secretary Pete Hegseth from enforcing the policy. The 2–1 decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
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Dear Abby: A better answer to your question
It was the beginning of October. I had been invited to speak to a class on Political Journalism at Colorado College, my old alma mater. The class was taught by none other than Vince Bzdek, the editor-in-chief of this paper and its sister publications. This was a rather small seminar of perhaps a dozen undergraduate…
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Jasmine Crockett jumps into Texas Senate race
Lauren Green Washington Examiner Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) launched a Senate bid Monday after she was drawn out of her House district during the Lone Star State’s redistricting push that became set in stone last week. Crockett’s bid comes just hours after former Rep. Colin Allred dropped out of the Democratic primary, saying that a “bruising” Democratic primary and runoff would hurt the party’s chances…
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Bessent: Omar ‘gaslighting’ public as Treasury investigates alleged welfare fraud
Molly Parks Washington Examiner Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for “gaslighting the American people” about allegations of widespread fraud from the Minnesota Somali community. After reports surfaced of a widespread fraud scheme in Minnesota allegedly largely orchestrated by Somali asylum-seekers, President Donald Trump terminated temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota. Bessent followed Trump’s announcement with an announcement of…