By Lisa Rein, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month because the servers were overloaded, blocking millions of retirees and disabled Americans from logging in to their online accounts. In the field, office managers have resorted to answering phones in place of receptionists because so […]
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Mayor: Program breaks cycle of violence among city’s high risk
By Damon Scott Freddie Sedillo is still in contact with gang members who are involved in stabbings, shootings and drugs — but now it’s to convince them to step away from the chaos. The 52-year-old said his background, which includes decades in prison and almost six years in solitary confinement, makes his plea more powerful […]
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Mayor: Program breaks cycle of violence among city’s high risk
By Damon Scott Freddie Sedillo is still in contact with gang members who are involved in stabbings, shootings and drugs — but now it’s to convince them to step away from the chaos. The 52-year-old said his background, which includes decades in prison and almost six years in solitary confinement, makes his plea more powerful […]
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East Mountains communities set to receive capital outlay funding
By Hannah Grover About $7.4 million of state capital outlay funding could be coming to Torrance County, while other East Mountains communities also had projects included in the legislation. Capital outlay funding is awarded to local governments through legislation annually. The $7.4 million that Torrance County entities are set to receive is in addition to […]
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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 […]
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Trump turbulence leads allies to rethink reliance on U.S. weapons
By Ellen Francis, Missy Ryan, Michael Birnbaum · The Washington Post (c) 2025 BRUSSELS – As President Donald Trump upends the United States’ foreign policy, negotiating closer relations with Russia, threatening NATO allies and pausing cooperation with Ukraine, Washington’s traditional partners – and best customers – are rethinking their dependence on American weapons systems. From Canada to Europe, calls […]
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Trump turbulence leads allies to rethink reliance on U.S. weapons
By Ellen Francis, Missy Ryan, Michael Birnbaum · The Washington Post (c) 2025 BRUSSELS – As President Donald Trump upends the United States’ foreign policy, negotiating closer relations with Russia, threatening NATO allies and pausing cooperation with Ukraine, Washington’s traditional partners – and best customers – are rethinking their dependence on American weapons systems. From Canada to Europe, calls […]
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BernCo Commission cleared in open-meetings matter
By Rodd Cayton State investigators determined the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners did not violate a state open-meeting law when conducting closed sessions to discuss an ethics matter involving the hiring of an assistant treasurer. The New Mexico Department of Justice says commissioners properly placed discussion of the matter on their agenda. The New Mexico […]
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BernCo Commission cleared in open-meetings matter
By Rodd Cayton State investigators determined the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners did not violate a state open-meeting law when conducting closed sessions to discuss an ethics matter involving the hiring of an assistant treasurer. The New Mexico Department of Justice says commissioners properly placed discussion of the matter on their agenda. The New Mexico […]
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BernCo Commission cleared in open-meetings matter
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