Tag: Politics
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Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to U.S. airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety. Transportation Security Administration personnel are set to miss a second full paycheck on March 27 amid a partial government shutdown in its 36th day as lawmakers…
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Special counsel Robert Mueller dies at 81
WASHINGTON • Robert Mueller, the no-nonsense former FBI chief who documented Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election and its contacts with Donald Trump’s campaign but opted not to bring criminal charges against a sitting president, has died at age 81, his former law firm confirmed on Saturday. Media reports did not mention a cause…
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The delicate, evolving dance between politics and religion | Eric Sondermann
The dance, really a marathon brining to mind the classic movie, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”, has been going on as long as there have been governments and organized religion. That is to say that this delicate tango has been with us since time immemorial. In ancient times, the state and the state religion were one and the same. Rulers were regarded as divine intermediaries between…
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Minneapolis grapples with lingering trauma after ICE surge
Few federal agents are seen on the streets of Minneapolis these days. While many of the city’s residents still wear red whistles around their necks, used to sound an alert if they spot U.S. immigration agents, there has been little need to raise the alarm lately. Although parents dutifully patrol the perimeters of school grounds…
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Trump rejects efforts to launch Iran ceasefire talks
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/TEL AVIV • President Donald Trump’s administration has rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war that started two weeks ago with a massive U.S.-Israeli air assault, according to three sources familiar with the efforts. Iran, for its part, has rejected the possibility of any ceasefire until…
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Colorado board delays vote on banning soda purchases with SNAP benefits
The Colorado Board of Human Services voted to delay its decision on whether to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to use benefits to buy soft drinks. Under the “Healthy Choice Waiver,” SNAP recipients would be prohibited from using benefits to purchase sweetened beverages with less than 50% fruit or vegetable juice by volume, such…
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Colorado Democrats, Republicans fight over ballot fiscal information
Republicans and Democrats clashed anew over legislation that would require identifying which programs would see a funding reduction if a ballot measure passed, with the former saying it’s yet another way for the government to control the campaign narrative and the latter insisting it provides transparency to voters. House Bill 1084, sponsored by Denver Democratic…
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Colorado’s congressional redistricting proposal could flip three Republican House seats | ANALYSIS
A Democrat-backed proposal to redraw Colorado’s congressional map for the 2028 election could flip three Republican districts. The proposal, introduced by a group called Coloradans for a Level Playing Field, is yet another development in a national redistricting debate after President Donald Trump called to redraw U.S. House districts. An analysis of the proposal in…
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Colorado legislators want employers to grant them leave of absence from regular work
When she was elected to the legislature in 2022, Sen. Janice Marchman said was hopeful she could bring real-world experience to the state’s education policy. Marchman, a Loveland Democrat, was the only active working teacher in the Colorado General Assembly for the past three years. In January, she decided to step away from her teaching…
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Hillary Clinton tells congressional panel she has no information on Epstein
WASHINGTON • Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee on Thursday that she did not remember ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had no information to share about his criminal activities. “I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes or…