City discussing how to deal with federal grant cuts

By Rodd Cayton New Mexico elected officials are reaching out to their counterparts in Republican-led states to convey the importance of Medicaid to local governments. That’s what Albuquerque’s federal lobbyist, John O’Donnell told the Intergovernmental Legislative Relations Committee this week. He said officials from the state are discussing the possible impact Washington, D.C. could have […]

Under pressure from Trump, ICE is pushing legal boundaries

By Vernal Coleman, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The Gregorio brothers had just begun their daybreak commute to work assembling wooden pallets in late January when federal officers in SUVs pulled them over in a Chicago […]

Killing grants that have saved lives: Trump’s cuts signal end to government work on terrorism prevention

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Emails reveal top IRS lawyer warned Trump firings were a “Fraud” on the courts

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Trump looks to save coal, what could that mean for New Mexico

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Some Americans have already been caught in Trump’s immigration dragnet. More will be.

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How a push to amend the Constitution could help Trump expand presidential power

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Judge orders feds to rehire fired workers

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Who’s running the DOGE wrecking machine: The world’s richest man or a little-known bureaucrat?

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Dept. of Education plans to cut nearly half of staff, paving way for closure

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