By Rick Holben, East Mountain Historical Society Cerro Huerfano, or “Orphan Hill,” located near what is now Tramway Boulevard and Copper NE in Albuquerque, is a small rocky outcropping that was designated one of the western boundary markers of the Cañon de Carnué Land Grant in 1819. That year, Governor Facundo Melgares – who served […]
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What would Churchill do?
Just over 120 years ago, Winston Churchill gave a speech in Manchester, railing against protectionist trade policy. He was only four years into his political career in 1904 but he summed up the topic of tariffs with what was, even then, Churchillian drollness: “To think you can make a man richer by putting on a […]
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As the markets fell, Trump putted
By Dan Diamond · The Washington Post (c) 2025 OUTSIDE TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB, JUPITER, Fla. – The stock markets have lost more than $6 trillion in value since President Donald Trump’s decision to upend the global economic order and impose sweeping tariffs last week.Americans have lost retirement savings. Business leaders are bracing to lose customers and […]
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As the markets fell, Trump putted
By Dan Diamond · The Washington Post (c) 2025 OUTSIDE TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB, JUPITER, Fla. – The stock markets have lost more than $6 trillion in value since President Donald Trump’s decision to upend the global economic order and impose sweeping tariffs last week.Americans have lost retirement savings. Business leaders are bracing to lose customers and […]
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City Council to discuss plans for opioid money
by Rodd Cayton The Albuquerque City Council Monday will consider a plan for allocating millions of dollars in opioid settlement money. Consultant Vital Strategies worked with the Local Government Coordinating Council to develop the plan, recommending that the city and Bernalillo County split more $150 million between treatment and prevention efforts. The council, along with […]
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City Council to discuss plans for opioid money
by Rodd Cayton The Albuquerque City Council Monday will consider a plan for allocating millions of dollars in opioid settlement money. Consultant Vital Strategies worked with the Local Government Coordinating Council to develop the plan, recommending that the city and Bernalillo County split more $150 million between treatment and prevention efforts. The council, along with […]
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FBI Albuquerque, federal prosecutors seize cryptocurrency allegedly meant for Hamas
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National Security Agency chief ousted after far-right activist urged his removal
By Ellen Nakashima, Warren P. Strobel, Aaron Schaffer · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The director of the National Security Agency, the powerful U.S. wiretapping and cyberespionage service, was fired Thursday, according to one former and two current U.S. officials. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who also heads U.S. Cyber Command, was let go along with his civilian deputy at the NSA, […]
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National Security Agency chief ousted after far-right activist urged his removal
By Ellen Nakashima, Warren P. Strobel, Aaron Schaffer · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The director of the National Security Agency, the powerful U.S. wiretapping and cyberespionage service, was fired Thursday, according to one former and two current U.S. officials. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who also heads U.S. Cyber Command, was let go along with his civilian deputy at the NSA, […]
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Trump’s tariffs mark end of globalization era, raise doubts about U.S. role
By David J. Lynch · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The tariff barrage that President Donald Trump unleashed this week on the world economy marks a decisive end to an era of freewheeling globalization that was shaped by American policymakers, business executives and consumers. The United States is now abandoning the system that made it rich and powerful, […]