Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) announced on Wednesday that she would not run for reelection in Colorado’s 3rd District and would instead run for Congress in the more conservative 4th District following a “pretty difficult year” of “personal mistakes.” In a Facebook video, Boebert told supporters: Today, I’m announcing my candidacy for the 2024 Republican nomination … Read more
Chris Miller biked to work every day from his home in Denver’s Speer neighborhood for six months, passing through a new traffic circle along the way. It’s one of dozens of tight rotary intersections that Denver has installed across the city this year, forcing vehicle traffic to go around center circles. Miller, 39, said the … Read more
Israel’s emergency coalition was in danger of collapse on Wednesday evening after National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir pushed through plans to end Israel Prison Service commissioner Katy Perry’s term next month. Ben-Gvir’s decision caused uproar among ministers from Benny Gantz’s National Unity faction, which argued that the decision violated the emergency government agreement signed … Read more
Greg Abbott escalated his cruel border stunt this week, sending a chartered flight of around 100 asylum-seekers on Tuesday to Chicago—the host city of the 2024 Democratic National Convention that has struggled to keep up with an influx of migrants the Texas governor has been bussing in for more than a year. On Wednesday, Chicago … Read more
“War,” said British philosopher, mathematician and pacifist Bertrand Russell, “does not determine who is right — only who is left.” Those words might be the perfect lens through which to view what probably lies ahead for Ukraine in the coming year as its troops dig in — and dig deep — along a front roughly 960 kilometres wide. … Read more
AP Photo/Reba Saldanha Former President Donald Trump praised Republican primary rival Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday and said he is “not done yet” after Ramaswamy stopped spending money on television commercials in Iowa and New Hampshire. Reacting on Truth Social to a report about Ramaswamy’s decision to halt commercials in the two states, Trump wrote, “He … Read more
An influx of Venezuelan migrants to Carbondale that received national attention has prompted state legislators to authorize $5 million in emergency funding to support local efforts across the state to aid migrants. Local nonprofit Voces Unidas de las Montañas in early November discovered about 80 adult migrants living under a bridge in the mountain town … Read more
Standing in the middle of a cafeteria at Global Affairs, Soren Antosz was testing Oscar, a new, high-tech tool popping up in federal government buildings. Antosz holds up a paper napkin. That’s compostable, flashes the message on Oscar’s screen. Next is a plastic bottle. Oscar tells him to empty the liquid then drop it into … Read more
X/@RepWilliams A second Republican congressman was “swatted” on Christmas Day, hours after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was visited by armed law enforcement at her home. In an X post, Monday, Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) announced, “Our home was swatted this afternoon. Thanks to the Deputies and Troopers who contacted me before arriving. They left … Read more
The Colorado Supreme Court ignited a political firestorm with its ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to hold office again, disqualifying him from appearing on the state’s primary ballot. Just how far those embers reach — and how hot they burn — in coming weeks could shape the country’s political discourse and electoral … Read more
