Trump declares ‘liberation,’ claims mandate for emergency powers

By Isaac Arnsdorf · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump took office as the 47th president claiming an electoral and divine mandate to immediately invoke emergency powers on immigration and energy, pursue territorial expansion and reverse Joe Biden’s policies on car emissions and trans rights. Trump declared his inauguration “Liberation Day,” condemning the country’s past leaders […]

Trump declares ‘liberation,’ claims mandate for emergency powers

By Isaac Arnsdorf · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump took office as the 47th president claiming an electoral and divine mandate to immediately invoke emergency powers on immigration and energy, pursue territorial expansion and reverse Joe Biden’s policies on car emissions and trans rights. Trump declared his inauguration “Liberation Day,” condemning the country’s past leaders […]

Public Access Victory for State

This story was originally published by New Mexico Political Report By Susan Morée New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a victory for public access on Thursday when a federal district court judge dismissed a lawsuit to prohibit access. Lucia Sanchez and four other landowners asked a federal district court judge last year to consider […]

Biden commutes sentence for Leonard Peltier, convicted in FBI killings

By Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, whose case had become a rallying cry for the Indigenous movement in the nearly 50 years since his conviction for killing two FBI agents. Peltier, 80, […]

Biden commutes sentence for Leonard Peltier, convicted in FBI killings

By Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, whose case had become a rallying cry for the Indigenous movement in the nearly 50 years since his conviction for killing two FBI agents. Peltier, 80, […]