Trump to be sentenced in “hush money” case after Supreme Court declines to intervene – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced Friday for his New York “hush money” conviction. Trump was found guilty last year on 34 counts for falsifying business records. CBS News political reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more. … Read more
Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Amanda Gonzalez will run for Colorado secretary of state in 2026, she announced Monday morning. Gonzalez, a Democrat, is the first major-party candidate to announce her intent to seek the state’s top election job. Current Secretary of State Jena Griswold, also a Democrat, is term-limited from running again. Colorado secretary … Read more
Colorado lawmakers will again seek to ban the sale of certain types of semiautomatic firearms in the coming legislative session, embracing a new approach after more sweeping assault weapons bans died in the state Capitol in recent years. The new bill spearheaded by Democrats is aimed at building upon existing gun laws by prohibiting the sale, … Read more
Many metro Denver tenants paid more than $1,600 in additional rent in 2023 because of a profit-maximizing algorithm that Colorado lawmakers unsuccessfully tried to ban earlier this year, according to a new report issued by the White House. The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers found that American tenants who live in apartments that use … Read more
Ken Martin sees Donald Trump’s victory last month as a “damning indictment” of the Democratic brand. But Martin, a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and a top candidate to succeed Jaime Harrison as its leader, doesn’t think the party needs to start its rebuild from scratch: “I’m not one of these burn-it-down-type people,” … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump surprised Washington lawmakers this week by calling for lifting the federal borrowing limit and even abolishing it in social media posts and interviews. The debt ceiling is a law that caps the amount of money the US federal government can borrow cumulatively to meet existing legal obligations. A congressional vote in … Read more
Rick Palacio, the former chair of the Colorado Democratic Party, violated the state’s ethics law when he became a consultant for Gov. Jared Polis in late 2020 because he had too recently served as the governor’s chief of staff, the state’s Independent Ethics Commission ruled. Former Colorado Democratic Party chairman Rick Palacio. (Handout) The commission … Read more
By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she “sustained an injury” during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman. Pelosi, 84, was in Europe to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Her spokesman, Ian … Read more
Gov. Jared Polis struck down a half-dozen bills to close this year’s legislative session. But a revived proposal to fight wage theft — potentially with his backing — shows that the defeats aren’t necessarily permanent. House Majority Leader Monica Duran, a Wheat Ridge Democrat, was one of the prime sponsors of House Bill 1008. The … Read more
Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton, who dealt with post-election blowback for his comment that biological males shouldn’t compete in women’s sports, is slamming the local media for trying to “inflame” his remarks. Originally Published: December 7, 2024 at 4:45 PM EST Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the … Read more
