Tag: politics
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Election Day 2025: Important dates, drop-off locations and candidate info for El Paso County
Election Day is coming up fast in El Paso County – here’s the rundown on casting your ballot, including important dates, drop-off locations and the candidates and issues that might appear. While not as high-profile as last year’s November election, 2025 will see consequential local races and issues decided. The last non-presidential election in 2023…
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Colorado Springs mayor asks community to support food banks amid freeze on SNAP funding
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade is calling on the community to help support local food assistance programs amid a funding freeze on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “I am calling on our entire community — residents, nonprofits, faith leaders, and businesses — to rise to this moment with compassion and action. If you are…
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LETTERS: Pawns for political gain; we lost a good one
Pawns for political gain Being a GS employee and considered Mission Essential I am working through this shutdown but not getting paid. Ironically, that has to be one of the most un-American things you can do to someone. Also, I have attempted to call our Senators and all I can say is they are MIA.…
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Senate Republicans head to the White House in a show of unity as the shutdown enters its fourth week
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House on Tuesday — not for urgent talks on how to end it but for a display of unity with President Donald Trump as they refuse to negotiate on any Democratic demands. Senate Democrats, too, are confident…
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‘We have to do something’: No Kings movement returns to Colorado Springs
“Vote! Vote! Vote!” Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, the single word was chanted by thousands Saturday during the “No Kings” rally in Colorado Springs. The chant is part of a perceived threat to democracy that has largely been denounced by the Republican Party, who disparaged the protests as “Hate America”…
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COLUMN: Jimmy Kimmel can’t hide behind the First Amendment | Mike Rosen
Jimmy Kimmel’s recent “firing” (actually, a mere one-week suspension) as host of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for his false, tasteless, and asinine remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination kicked off a firestorm of political controversy between the left and right about freedom of speech. Let’s set the record straight. The Declaration of Independence and our Constitution…
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LETTERS: CSU’s proposed rate changes; sides of the political spectrum
CSU’s proposed rate changesAt a recent Town Hall and again on Tuesday, during City Council’s hearing, Springs Utilities personnel demonstrated its disregard for solar users by continuing to press for a penalty in its proposed rate plan. Tuesday’s meeting wasted the morning for 65 speakers, a full chamber, people overflowing into hallways and other rooms…
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Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African democracy efforts, dies at 80
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died of a heart attack in India
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Pakistan, Afghanistan say dozens dead as clashes escalate
Pakistan and Afghanistan claimed killing dozens of each other’s soldiers in clashes overnight along their shared border, renewing deadly skirmishes that began over the weekend that caught President Donald Trump’s attention. Pakistan killed as many as 50 Afghan soldiers, while repulsing their attacks in different locations of Spin Boldak and Kurram areas of the country’s…
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Photos of a colonel announcing military takeover in Madagascar after president flees
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A colonel from an elite military unit, Michael Randrianirina, announced that the armed forces are taking control of Madagascar, after weeks of youth-led protests over poverty, power outages and a lack of opportunities. Randrianirina made the statement after parliament voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina, who fled. This is a photo…