By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post Former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), president-elect Donald Trump’s failed choice for attorney general, plans to host a new show on the conservative network One America News starting next year. Gaetz, a staunch right-winger who faced allegations of sex trafficking, lasted just eight days as Trump’s pick to lead the […]
Author Archives: Andy Lyman
Andy Lyman is an editor at nm.news.
He oversees teams reporting on state and local government. Andy served in newsrooms at KUNM, NM Political Report, SF Reporter and The Paper. before joining nm.news in 2023.
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Justice Department IG seeks new protections on seizing communications
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Justice Department during Donald Trump’s first presidential term used concerning and surreptitious tactics to obtain communications from members of Congress, their staffers and news reporters as prosecutors investigated public leaks of sensitive government information, according to a report released Tuesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general. […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Justice Department IG seeks new protections on seizing communications
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Justice Department during Donald Trump’s first presidential term used concerning and surreptitious tactics to obtain communications from members of Congress, their staffers and news reporters as prosecutors investigated public leaks of sensitive government information, according to a report released Tuesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general. […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., National News
Stansbury discusses possible run for House Natural Resources Committee ranking member position
By Nicole Maxwell, City Desk ABQ U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury hinted at a possible run for the congressional House Natural Resources (NHRC) ranking member seat. “I just want to say that there is a clear path to winning that race should I formally get into it,” Stansbury said during her weekly press call Friday. “We […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., National News
Stansbury discusses possible run for House Natural Resources Committee ranking member position
By Nicole Maxwell, City Desk ABQ U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury hinted at a possible run for the congressional House Natural Resources (NHRC) ranking member seat. “I just want to say that there is a clear path to winning that race should I formally get into it,” Stansbury said during her weekly press call Friday. “We […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
White House weighs preemptive pardons for potential Trump targets
By Tyler Pager, Meryl Kornfield · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden and his top staffers are discussing whether to grant preemptive pardons to figures who might face the hostility of the incoming Trump administration, concerned that President-elect Donald Trump and others in his circle have threatened to go after their political adversaries. Among those […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
White House weighs preemptive pardons for potential Trump targets
By Tyler Pager, Meryl Kornfield · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden and his top staffers are discussing whether to grant preemptive pardons to figures who might face the hostility of the incoming Trump administration, concerned that President-elect Donald Trump and others in his circle have threatened to go after their political adversaries. Among those […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth treads water on Capitol Hill
By Liz Goodwin, Marianne LeVine, Leigh Ann Caldwell · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the Department of Defense continued his outreach on Capitol Hill on Thursday, picking up words of praise from Republican senators but not significant new pledges of support. With his wife by his side, the former Fox News personality […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth treads water on Capitol Hill
By Liz Goodwin, Marianne LeVine, Leigh Ann Caldwell · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the Department of Defense continued his outreach on Capitol Hill on Thursday, picking up words of praise from Republican senators but not significant new pledges of support. With his wife by his side, the former Fox News personality […]
Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated
Democrats strongly opposed a Hunter Biden pardon. Now, they back it.
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden isn’t the only one to pull a shocking and sudden reversal on pardoning his son Hunter Biden. So too, it seems, has the Democratic base. As the dust settles on a pardon that the president and his White House repeatedly assured would not happen, […]