Tag: Politics
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Ukraine expects top U.S. envoys in Kyiv this month to reboot talks
Ukraine expects top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to lead a U.S. delegation to Kyiv this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff said, as efforts to resume peace talks get underway. The team may arrive shortly after Orthodox Easter, which is celebrated on April 12, Kyrylo Budanov told Bloomberg. While special envoy Witkoff and Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, have visited Russia multiple times for talks with…
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Are Dems finally turning against bad boss Griswold? | Jimmy Sengenberger
For years, I’ve reported on Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s hostile workplace, staff exodus, and pattern of retaliation. Colorado Democrats looked the other way. Now, as Griswold suddenly looks vulnerable in her primary campaign for attorney general, they’re finally paying attention. That vulnerability was on full display at Colorado Democrats’ state assembly last weekend, where Griswold barely made the ballot with 42%…
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Two candidates, different visions for CD-6 | Michael A. Hancock
Every election is said to be important. Most are not. Most are merely cyclical, another turn of the wheel, another exchange of slogans, consultants, mailers, and television smiles. But some elections are genuinely clarifying. They force voters to confront not simply who they prefer, but what kind of future they are willing to accept. Colorado’s 6th Congressional District now…
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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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Proposed bill could allow some Colorado bars to stay open past 2 a.m.
A proposed bill that’s working its way through the system in Colorado would mean that some bars could stay open past 2 a.m. if passed. House Bill 26-1330 titled ‘alcohol beverages entertainment districts’ aims to make several key changes regarding how entertainment districts operate. As introduced, these changes would include removing a size restriction that…
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Many losers, few winners in political battle over ICE funding
WASHINGTON • Democrats in Congress have waged a battle to place new legal restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration agents, knowing that they were unlikely to win Republican support but hopeful they might win a bigger prize: control of Capitol Hill in the November elections. The exact outcome was still unknown as House of Representatives…
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What to know about Trump’s order to pay TSA officers
With spring break in full swing, airline passengers continued to wait it out at major U.S. airports after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration officers aimed at alleviating long security lines. Trump’s executive order on Friday instructed the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA officers immediately, although it’s…
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Iran-backed Houthis join war as more U.S. troops reach region
Houthi militants launched ballistic missiles at Israel on Saturday morning, marking their entry into the monthlong Iran war that has already caused chaos in energy markets and killed thousands of people. Some 3,500 sailors and Marines arrived in the region on an amphibious assault ship, according to the U.S. military. Israel continued bombing Iran overnight…
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The insular bubble of caucuses and assemblies | Eric Sondermann
Nearly 30 years ago, then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan coined the term “irrational exuberance” to describe the overheated stock market. That descriptive phrase could also apply to much of the political realm. The hype in politics often grossly exceeds the reality on the ground. In that vein, let’s focus on Colorado’s precinct caucuses held earlier this month, the first step in the process leading to…
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Iran’s strike attempt on Diego Garcia reveals missile range
Iran launched ballistic missiles at the joint U.S.-U.K. military base in Diego Garcia on Friday, demonstrating a weapons capability that goes beyond what Tehran was known to have possessed. The base, a strategic airfield that can host B-2 stealth bombers located nearly 2,500 miles away from Iran, suffered no damage, according to a person familiar…