by Glenn Kessler (c) 2025 , The Washington Post “We’re spending $200 billion a year to subsidize Canada.” – President Donald Trump, during remarks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, March 13 – – – As he hosted the NATO secretary general, Trump once again took the opportunity to bash NATO member Canada. “We don’t […]
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Fact-Check: Trump’s fantastical claim of a $200 billion ‘subsidy’ to Canada
by Glenn Kessler (c) 2025 , The Washington Post “We’re spending $200 billion a year to subsidize Canada.” – President Donald Trump, during remarks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, March 13 – – – As he hosted the NATO secretary general, Trump once again took the opportunity to bash NATO member Canada. “We don’t […]
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Autonomous vehicle bill stalls without passing committee
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Judge orders feds to rehire fired workers
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Who’s running the DOGE wrecking machine: The world’s richest man or a little-known bureaucrat?
<img width="800" height="534" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Elon_Musk_54349817978.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Elon_Musk_54349817978.jpg 800w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Elon_Musk_54349817978-300×200.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Elon_Musk_54349817978-768×513.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/03/Elon_Musk_54349817978-400×267.jpg 400w" 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="1660987" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/03/14/whos-running-the-doge-wrecking-machine-the-worlds-richest-man-or-a-little-known-bureaucrat/elon_musk_54349817978/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/Elon_Musk_54349817978.jpg" data-orig-size="800,534" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Gage Skidmore","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Gage Skidmore","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Elon_Musk_(54349817978)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" on Elon Musk speaking at the […]
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State agencies request advance funding for pending Tribal water settlements
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Big Tech lobbies New Mexico for AG-backed bill
<img width="1024" height="584" src="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1024×584-1.jpg" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Photo of the State Capitol aka Roundhouse" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://eastmountains.citydesk.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/sites/6/2025/03/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1024×584-1.jpg 1024w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-300×171.jpg 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-768×438.jpg 768w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1536×876.jpg 1536w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-2048×1168.jpg 2048w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1200×684.jpg 1200w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-1568×894.jpg 1568w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-2000×1141.jpg 2000w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/06/shutterstock-nm-capitol-roundhouse-scaled-1-400×228.jpg 400w" 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="1657247" […]
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Legislature protects Native students’ right to wear regalia at school ceremonies
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PRC commissioners taken surprise by El Paso Electric’s decision to join new market
By Hannah Grover El Paso Electric surprised state regulators when it announced plans in January to join the Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+. This decision would place EPE in a separate market than the state’s largest utility, the Public Service Company of New Mexico. Markets+ is a regional, day-ahead market that facilitates increased collaboration between utilities. […]
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State Senate confirms East Mountain’s Kenderdine to governor’s cabinet
On March 10, the New Mexico Senate confirmed Melanie Kenderdine as cabinet secretary for the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. Kenderdine, who grew up in the East Mountains, graduated from Manzano High School and the University of New Mexico. In May, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Kenderdine as Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico […]