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Trump talks up his ballroom plan while playing down Americans’ economic pain
WASHINGTON • Standing in front of the White House ballroom construction site, President Donald Trump appealed for patience from Americans struggling with soaring gas prices as he sought to justify the cost of a project critics call a vanity effort. “This is peanuts,” he said on Tuesday in an apparent reference to the economic damage…
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Avalanche’s Brock Nelson riding a high after ‘unbelievable’ gold medal at the Olympics
SALT LAKE CITY — They battled against each other for an Olympics gold medal Sunday. Less than 96 hours later and several time zones away, three of the four gold-medal game participants battled together, with only Nathan MacKinnon missing the 4-2 Avalanche win over the Mammoth due to what the team called “maintenance.” Was it…
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Boebert claims ‘no pressure’ to remove her name from Epstein petition
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Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert denied reports that her meeting at the White House on Wednesday was to pressure the Republican to remove her name from a congressional petition that would necessitate a vote to release files related to disgraced financier, convicted sex offender, and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The petition, filed by Reps.…
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Thousands expected in downtown Colorado Springs this weekend for Pride festival, No Kings protest
Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather downtown this weekend for the Pikes Peak Pride festival and a nationwide No Kings protest. Both events kick off Saturday, happening in close proximity to each other. Last year, the two-day Pride festival alone drew around 40,000, according to Justin Burns, the vice president for Pikes…
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Judge sides with family of Boulder attack suspect
A federal judge in Denver on Thursday ruled that the deportation case for the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, charged with a hate crime after the June 1 firebomb attack on marchers in Boulder, will be heard in the Western District of Texas, not Colorado. U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher of Colorado on…
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Colorado Springs man cooked, valeted for multiple U.S. presidents, vice-president
William Althoff has sliced and diced, basted and broiled for some of the most powerful people in the U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore have partaken of his gastronomic talents, as have King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan. It was the Navy that brought Althoff…
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The Bennet-Hickenlooper Court: How 2 senators left their mark on Colorado’s federal bench | COVER STORY
One month before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, Dana Remus, the incoming White House counsel, sent a letter to senators outlining the new administration’s philosophy for filling certain presidentially appointed roles, including federal trial judgeships. “With respect to U.S. District Court positions,” she wrote, “we are particularly focused on nominating individuals whose legal experiences have been…
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Second Gentleman, Biden official visit ‘underserved’ Globeville Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods
Prominent White House officials visited the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods in Denver last week. The visitors saw what they called a community left behind, underserved and over-polluted – reminding them why they provided $35.4 million in federal assistance to revitalize the area. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and U.S. Intergovernmental Affairs Director Tom Perez on Thursday…
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As fiscal strains mount, Denver mayor, Biden official push for immigrant work permits
While conceding that federal resources are insufficient in helping Denver deal with America’s illegal immigration crisis, a Biden administration official and the city’s mayor agreed that the Democrats’ preferred solution is still the best course of action. That solution is grating more work permits for immigrants who illegally crossed the border. Regarding resources provided to…
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Basin states disagree on Colorado River operations — again; Republicans push to impeach Jena Griswold; winners and losers of Colorado’s Super Tuesday | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 7, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Colorado House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese and a fellow Republican legislator on Wednesday called on the chamber’s Democratic speaker to bring to the floor a resolution to impeach Secretary of State Jena Griswold, arguing that Griswold’s “partisan political ideology” has prevented the Democrat…