By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When we started this newsletter last year, Donald Trump was still six months away from clinching the Republican presidential nomination. His four criminal cases were making their way through the courts and each seemed to have a shot at going to trial before the November election. A […]
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Raised to Serve: A Veteran’s Journey from Rural New Mexico to Military Service
By Judy A. Tachias Growing up today in a small rural county mirrors the same values and traditions that long shaped the Estancia Valley in New Mexico. Children are raised with a deep respect for the land, working farms that were passed down through generations. They gather to celebrate milestones in their lives. Children grow […]
Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated
Trump, allies signal they will try to call the shots for Republican-led Senate
By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and his allies signaled Sunday that they will try to call the shots in the Republican-led Senate, pushing the candidacy of Sen. Rick Scott (Florida) for GOP leader and demanding that Republicans allow Trump to make appointments to his administration and the courts without […]
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Trump, allies signal they will try to call the shots for Republican-led Senate
By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and his allies signaled Sunday that they will try to call the shots in the Republican-led Senate, pushing the candidacy of Sen. Rick Scott (Florida) for GOP leader and demanding that Republicans allow Trump to make appointments to his administration and the courts without […]
Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated
How border counties in Texas flipped from blue to red for Trump
By Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post (c) 2024 SAN ANTONIO – The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local Republican offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Democrat for president in a century. […]
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How border counties in Texas flipped from blue to red for Trump
By Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post (c) 2024 SAN ANTONIO – The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local Republican offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Democrat for president in a century. […]
Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated
Trump is the oldest person to be elected president: U.S. presidents, by age
By Victoria Bisset, Hannah Dormido, Alvaro Valino, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Donald Trump first won the 2016 election at 70 years old, he became the oldest person to be elected U.S. president – and the first to be in his 70s at the start of his term. President Joe Biden surpassed that record four years […]
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Trump is the oldest person to be elected president: U.S. presidents, by age
By Victoria Bisset, Hannah Dormido, Alvaro Valino, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Donald Trump first won the 2016 election at 70 years old, he became the oldest person to be elected U.S. president – and the first to be in his 70s at the start of his term. President Joe Biden surpassed that record four years […]
Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated
Did abortion ballot measures backfire on Democrats?
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Democrats have many difficult issues to wade through after a disappointing 2024 presidential election. But among the leading ones is: Why did their emphasis on abortion rights not achieve the desired result? After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats in the 2022 midterms performed historically well […]
Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated
Did abortion ballot measures backfire on Democrats?
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Democrats have many difficult issues to wade through after a disappointing 2024 presidential election. But among the leading ones is: Why did their emphasis on abortion rights not achieve the desired result? After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats in the 2022 midterms performed historically well […]