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In generational shift, Schatz joins race for No. 2 Democratic post

By Paul Kane, Theodoric Meyer · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii) has formally launched his campaign to take over as the No. 2 Senate Democrat, vowing to guide an “emerging generation” of the party’s leadership. Schatz, 52, is pitching himself for Democratic whip as someone focused on the tedious work on the Senate floor jousting […]

Bernalillo County hosting town hall to help East Mountains residents prepare for wildfire 

Staff report With wildfire season becoming increasingly unpredictable, Bernalillo County Fire Rescue is inviting East Mountains residents to a wildfire preparedness town hall. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 1 at 5:30 p.m. at Los Vecinos Community Center, located at 478 NM-333, Tijeras, NM 87059. The town hall will cover several key topics, including […]

Letter to the Editor: Thank you Rep. Stansbury for your determination

April 17, 2025 will go down in local New Mexico history in fame.  The Town Hall meeting in Moriarty was attended by 150 rationals. When the speaker, U.S.Rep. Melanie Stansbury, entered, 95% of the audience stood up, applauded powerfully and roared with respect/praise as if a hero returned from a victorious battle for law and […]

City launches basic income payments program

By Rodd Cayton A new guaranteed basic income (GBI) program in Albuquerque is distributing its first monthly payments. City leaders say the $750 payments will provide financial relief to struggling residents and underscore Albuquerque’s commitment to economic equity and financial empowerment. The first payments went out last week. The money is unrestricted, and participants were […]

City council looking at federal housing cuts

By Rodd Cayton Albuquerque City Councilors will soon consider an action plan required to secure federal housing aid. One councilor, however, is concerned about when and whether the city will see that money. District 6 Councilor Nichole Rogers said Trump administration actions have placed a cloud of uncertainty around the city’s funding from the U.S. […]

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Trump is softening his tariff talk. But the damage may already be done.

By David J. Lynch, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 With 14 months remaining before the United States’ 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, Stacy Blake should be placing big orders with the Chinese factories that supply her fireworks company in St. Joseph, Missouri. But she’s not. And she blames President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The same president […]

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Trump officials deny U.S. citizen children were ‘deported’ to Honduras

By Mariana Alfaro · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, insisted Sunday that the Trump administration did not “deport” American children to Honduras – arguing that the White House sent the children to the country because their mothers, who were being deported, wished to bring them. Early Friday, three U.S. citizen children […]

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Even a sizable chunk of Republicans say Trump is going too far

By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2025 For all the talk about President Donald Trump’s rapid decline in polls as he nears his 100th day in office, Trump remains in good stead overall with one crucial group: Republicans. And as his first term showed, he maintains a significant degree of political power as long as he […]

Elon Musk had the government in his grasp. Then it unraveled.

By Dan Diamond, Faiz Siddiqui, Trisha Thadani, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk had tried to go over the head of a Cabinet secretary – again. The billionaire leader of the U.S. DOGE Service helped install Gary Shapley, a mid-level IRS official, as the agency’s acting commissioner last week. But the […]