Estancia residents asked to conserve water amid well issues

By Hannah Grover The Town of Estancia is asking residents to conserve water because the well is not producing enough to meet demands.  Estancia posted a notice on social media and its website this week, alerting residents to the situation and asking them to conserve water. The Town Board of Trustees met with community members […]

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Why do so many people hate Elon Musk?

By Maeve Reston · The Washington Post (c) 2025 LOS ANGELES – The moment that crystallized the ethos of Elon Musk for Janet Yoshitake, 71, was when the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla told podcaster Joe Rogan that the “fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.” For Joel Morin, a 67-year-old self-described “cable guy” from San Diego, it […]

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As Musk steps back, DOGE looks to Congress to finish what it started

By Cat Zakrzewski, Matt Viser, Emily Davies, Elizabeth Dwoskin · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk arrived at the White House prepared to take a chain saw to the federal government, promising to slash $2 trillion in spending. A little more than 100 days later, the world’s richest man is retreating from Washington far short of that goal after an […]

Keller slams Trump administration’s cuts to minority small business aid

by Rodd Cayton Mayor Tim Keller said a Donald Trump administration action terminating federal funding for a local business assistance organization is an attack on New Mexico’s diversity. Keller has been vocal about actions from the Trump administration he said are harming the city. City officials say the New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency (NM […]

Estancia residents asked to conserve water amid well issues

By Hannah Grover The Town of Estancia is asking residents to conserve water because the well is not producing enough to meet demands.  Estancia posted a notice on social media and its website this week alerting residents to the situation and asking them to conserve water. The Town Board of Trustees met with community members […]

WildEarth Guardians: Oil and gas spills in New Mexico amount to a ‘deluge’

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Feds file 82 charges for allegedly trespassing on military institutions in new border rules

<img width="1200" height="628" src="https://citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/05/unnamed-13-1200×628-1.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/05/unnamed-13-1200×628-1.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/23/2025/04/unnamed-13-300×157.jpg 300w, https://citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/05/unnamed-13-1024×536-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/23/2025/04/unnamed-13-768×402.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/23/2025/04/unnamed-13-1536×803.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/23/2025/04/unnamed-13-780×408.jpg 780w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/23/2025/04/unnamed-13-400×209.jpg 400w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/23/2025/04/unnamed-13-706×369.jpg 706w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/23/2025/04/unnamed-13.jpg 1753w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1662289" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/04/24/trump-says-military-can-detain-trespassing-migrants-along-nm-border/default/" data-orig-file="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/23/2025/04/unnamed-13.jpg" data-orig-size="1753,917" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="default" data-image-description="" […]

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How tariffs are impacting babies and undercutting a Trump priority

By Dan Merica, Matthew Choi · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s administration wants to encourage more births. His tariffs could be an obstacle. Car seats, strollers and other essential items for new families are among the items impacted by Trump’s trade war with China. The disquiet in the industry has led expecting families to stock up […]

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RFK Jr. will require shift in how new vaccines are tested, HHS says

By Lauren Weber, Rachel Roubein, Lena H. Sun, Carolyn Y. Johnson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move that the agency said will increase transparency but that medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines and undermine the public’s trust in immunization depending […]

New Mexico United commentator cooking up a storm to secure spot in national chef competition 

Former hotel owner and English chef Andrew “Andy” Hageman has been cooking for most of his life and keeps stirring something special year after year.  Hageman, a writer for Athlon Sports and color commentator for New Mexico United who lives in the East Mountains, is competing in a national cooking competition. “I love the kitchen […]