By Maegan Vazquez, Marianna Sotomayor · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden signed a congressional spending bill into law Saturday morning, putting to bed the threat of a potential Christmastime government shutdown and kicking the issue for a new Congress and a new president to address next year. Friday evening, the House and […]
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Biden signs stopgap funding bill, but congressional fight to continue
By Maegan Vazquez, Marianna Sotomayor · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden signed a congressional spending bill into law Saturday morning, putting to bed the threat of a potential Christmastime government shutdown and kicking the issue for a new Congress and a new president to address next year. Friday evening, the House and […]
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Biden commutes most federal death sentences before Trump takes office
By Mark Berman, Matt Viser · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden on Monday is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row to life without parole, taking the unprecedented step ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, whose incoming administration is widely expected to restart executions. Opponents of capital […]
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Biden commutes most federal death sentences before Trump takes office
By Mark Berman, Matt Viser · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden on Monday is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row to life without parole, taking the unprecedented step ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, whose incoming administration is widely expected to restart executions. Opponents of capital […]
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Dorothy Nell Dennisson
Dorothy Nell (Braddock) Dennisson, 82, was a lifetime resident of Stanley, passed away December 7, 2024, at her home with her loving family by her side, wentwith our Lord and Savior. Dorothy was born June 2, 1942, in Fort Worth, TX to Lawrence Wesley & Ruby May (Flippans) Braddock. Dorothy graduated from Moriarty High School […]
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Historic Hearing Carlos Doe v. ICE Set a Precedent for Future Cases Against Torrance County Detention Facility
One of the most critical migratory cases occurred on Dec. 19 at the 520 Gila Courtroom in Albuquerque’s Federal Courthouse. This federal court hearing is the first to defy the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 2022 decision to re-certify the Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia, New Mexico, as law-abiding with federal standards to […]
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Why Republicans will probably be blamed for a shutdown
By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The federal government has been hurtling toward a shutdown at midnight early Saturday ever since Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump blew up a bipartisan deal to fund the government two days ago. And while Trump had been slow to engage and has provided mixed signals about […]
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Why Republicans will probably be blamed for a shutdown
By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The federal government has been hurtling toward a shutdown at midnight early Saturday ever since Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump blew up a bipartisan deal to fund the government two days ago. And while Trump had been slow to engage and has provided mixed signals about […]
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8 policies stripped from GOP bill after Trump, Musk rebellion
By Jeff Stein, Tony Romm, Daniel Gilbert · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Legislation to keep the government from shutting down has gotten smaller – but it still hasn’t passed. The original plan negotiated between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and Democrats in both chambers ran more than 1,500 pages, while the legislation that the House voted down […]
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8 policies stripped from GOP bill after Trump, Musk rebellion
By Jeff Stein, Tony Romm, Daniel Gilbert · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Legislation to keep the government from shutting down has gotten smaller – but it still hasn’t passed. The original plan negotiated between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and Democrats in both chambers ran more than 1,500 pages, while the legislation that the House voted down […]