by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico As New Mexico lawmakers mull huge reforms to the state’s criminal justice and behavioral health systems, a billionaire-backed think tank has jumped into the fray. The Cicero Institute is a Texas-based, conservative think tank established by Joe Lonsdale, the billionaire co-founder of data mining and defense tech company Palantir, […]
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Billionaire-backed think tank that pushed homeless crackdowns elsewhere hires veteran NM lobbyists
by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico As New Mexico lawmakers mull huge reforms to the state’s criminal justice and behavioral health systems, a billionaire-backed think tank has jumped into the fray. The Cicero Institute is a Texas-based, conservative think tank established by Joe Lonsdale, the billionaire co-founder of data mining and defense tech company Palantir, […]
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How Elon Musk’s deputies took over the government’s most basic functions
By Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk’s allies are turning a once-obscure federal IT unit into the linchpin of their sweeping campaign to tear down the federal bureaucracy, sparking fears of improper overreach and chaos among tech employees in the government. During a tense meeting Monday, employees of the Technology Transformation Services […]
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How Elon Musk’s deputies took over the government’s most basic functions
By Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk’s allies are turning a once-obscure federal IT unit into the linchpin of their sweeping campaign to tear down the federal bureaucracy, sparking fears of improper overreach and chaos among tech employees in the government. During a tense meeting Monday, employees of the Technology Transformation Services […]
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USPS, in reversal, resumes accepting packages from China and Hong Kong
By Jacob Bogage, Jaclyn Peiser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday abruptly reversed its decision to block inbound package shipments from China and Hong Kong just hours after implementing the suspension. President Donald Trump allowed a tariff increase of 10 percentage points on Chinese imports to take effect Tuesday morning after backing off […]
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USPS, in reversal, resumes accepting packages from China and Hong Kong
By Jacob Bogage, Jaclyn Peiser · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday abruptly reversed its decision to block inbound package shipments from China and Hong Kong just hours after implementing the suspension. President Donald Trump allowed a tariff increase of 10 percentage points on Chinese imports to take effect Tuesday morning after backing off […]
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Estancia Goes to Washington to Seek Funding
By Andrea Vasquez The town of Estancia is planning another trip to Washington, D.C., for funding purposes. Mayor Nathan Dial confirmed that Estancia is considering a trip to the nation’s capitol to secure funding for one of the town’s new “big ticket item” project. The project will include a park, pond and pool, with a […]
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Trump’s birthright citizenship order is put on hold by a second federal judge
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally, calling citizenship a “most precious right.” U.S. District Judge Deborah […]
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Trump’s birthright citizenship order is put on hold by a second federal judge
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally, calling citizenship a “most precious right.” U.S. District Judge Deborah […]
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Republican skeptics cave on Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks
By Paul Kane · The Washington Post (c) 2025 It seemed, for a moment, like Republican lawmakers might offer some resistance. The Army National Guard lieutenant colonel who survived a sexual assault in the military faced off with a defense secretary nominee accused of sexual assault. A physician who specialized in helping low-income children get vaccines grilled […]