By Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The federal government could hit its borrowing limit as soon as May if tax revenue falls short of expectations, or as late as September if debt stays on its current course, Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper reported Wednesday – potentially requiring Republicans to dramatically accelerate their timeline on legislation that would […]
Matthew Reichbach
Matthew Reichbach, is an editor with nm.news. He has covered New Mexico news and politics for more than a decade as the editor of NM Political Report.
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U.S. could hit borrowing limit as soon as May, budget office warns
By Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The federal government could hit its borrowing limit as soon as May if tax revenue falls short of expectations, or as late as September if debt stays on its current course, Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper reported Wednesday – potentially requiring Republicans to dramatically accelerate their timeline on legislation that would […]
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Atlantic releases transcript of Trump team’s Signal chat
By Alex Horton, Missy Ryan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Atlantic on Wednesday published a transcript of top Trump administration officials’ group chat discussing an imminent U.S. attack on Houthi militants in Yemen, revealing a fuller accounting of the sensitive information they exchanged with the magazine’s editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was mistakenly added to the conversation that […]
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Atlantic releases transcript of Trump team’s Signal chat
By Alex Horton, Missy Ryan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Atlantic on Wednesday published a transcript of top Trump administration officials’ group chat discussing an imminent U.S. attack on Houthi militants in Yemen, revealing a fuller accounting of the sensitive information they exchanged with the magazine’s editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was mistakenly added to the conversation that […]
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BernCo Treasurer takes dispute over deputy hire to court
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BernCo Treasurer takes dispute over deputy hire to court
By Rodd Cayton Bernalillo County Treasurer Tim Eichenberg is taking the county to court over question of whether he can hire his choice for deputy, or if county ordinance should forbid the choice. Eichenberg, elected in November, has filed a lawsuit seeking to declare a county ordinance invalid, which would allow him to have the […]
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BernCo Treasurer takes dispute over deputy hire to court
By Rodd Cayton Bernalillo County Treasurer Tim Eichenberg is taking the county to court over question of whether he can hire his choice for deputy, or if county ordinance should forbid the choice. Eichenberg, elected in November, has filed a lawsuit seeking to declare a county ordinance invalid, which would allow him to have the […]
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Trump administration cuts national database tracking domestic terrorism
By Ellie Silverman · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration stopped funding a national database tracking domestic terrorism, hate crimes and school shootings in a sweeping round of cuts to violence prevention projects, eliminating a resource aimed to improve safety in the face of consistent and urgent threats. Records obtained by The Washington Post show the […]
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Trump administration cuts national database tracking domestic terrorism
By Ellie Silverman · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration stopped funding a national database tracking domestic terrorism, hate crimes and school shootings in a sweeping round of cuts to violence prevention projects, eliminating a resource aimed to improve safety in the face of consistent and urgent threats. Records obtained by The Washington Post show the […]
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Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down
By Lisa Rein, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month because the servers were overloaded, blocking millions of retirees and disabled Americans from logging in to their online accounts. In the field, office managers have resorted to answering phones in place of receptionists because so […]