Tag: Trump Administration
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US to invest $2 billion in IBM, other quantum computing firms
By Harshita Mary Varghese and Aditya Soni The Trump administration will take $2 billion in equity stakes across nine quantum-computing companies, including a new IBM venture, in a major push to secure U.S. leadership in the emerging technology and counter China. The move shows the growing prominence of quantum computing, where recent technological breakthroughs have…
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Denver mayor says city police will detain ICE officers using ‘excessive force’
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Thursday outlined his city’s response to immigration enforcement operations, including intervening to stop federal officers when local police observe them using “excessive” force. Johnston also said the city will not allow federal authorities to “stand in our way” in situations where emergency responders must render first aid, presumably in cases…
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Democrats Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser make their cases to be Colorado’s next governor ahead of primary
Nearly eight months before ballots will be counted in Colorado’s race for the its open gubernatorial seat, voters are lining up behind two of the state’s leading Democrats, who are facing off in a primary that will likely determine which of them will serve as the state’s top executive officer for the rest of the…
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Colorado joins California in lawsuit to restore federal clean energy funding
Colorado has joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s termination of more than $600 million in congressionally approved clean energy grants for Colorado projects, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by a coalition…
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Trump administration plans to hold back grant money from Colorado, 3 other states
The Trump’s administration is planning to withhold some public health and transportation money from a group of Democratic-led states, including Colorado. The other states are California, Illinois and Minnesota. Full details have not been released, including whether the states could take any steps to avoid losing the funding. Colorado has sued the White House or…
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Denver backs Minnesota’s legal action to end ICE deployment
The City of Denver has joined dozens of U.S. cities and counties in filing an amicus brief backing Minnesota’s legal action seeking to end “Operation Metro Surge” and the deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota. The brief supports Minnesota v. Noem, filed by the State of Minnesota in federal court on Jan.…
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Judge rules Trump administration must keep funding child care subsidies in Colorado, 4 other states
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must keep federal funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in Colorado and four other Democratic-controlled states — at least for now. The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick extends by two weeks a temporary one issued earlier this…
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Trump freezes child care funding for Colorado, 3 other states
Colorado was swept up in a $10 billion federal child care funding freeze announced on Monday by the Trump administration, a move state officials said they learned about through media reports. The Trump administration said it would freeze child care funding for four states, including Colorado, citing reports of widespread fraud at child care centers…
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert: On representing Colorado, working with Trump and releasing the Epstein files
For years, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s name has become a shorthand for controversy in her home state and in the nation’s capital. Recently, the outspoken Colorado Republican has drawn rare praise from some of her fiercest critics, particularly after breaking expectations during a key vote. Boebert insisted the moment isn’t a departure from her values…
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Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra released from detention, advocates say
A prominent Colorado activist was released Monday after spending nine months in immigration detention, supporters said. Jeanette Vizguerra left an immigration detention center in suburban Denver a day after a judge ruled she could post a $5,000 bond, according to the American Friends Service Committee, which has been working with Vizguerra’s lawyers and her family.…