By Ellen Nakashima, Warren P. Strobel, Aaron Schaffer · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The director of the National Security Agency, the powerful U.S. wiretapping and cyberespionage service, was fired Thursday, according to one former and two current U.S. officials. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who also heads U.S. Cyber Command, was let go along with his civilian deputy at the NSA, […]

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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.
Trump’s tariffs mark end of globalization era, raise doubts about U.S. role
By David J. Lynch · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The tariff barrage that President Donald Trump unleashed this week on the world economy marks a decisive end to an era of freewheeling globalization that was shaped by American policymakers, business executives and consumers. The United States is now abandoning the system that made it rich and powerful, […]
Trump’s tariffs mark end of globalization era, raise doubts about U.S. role
By David J. Lynch · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The tariff barrage that President Donald Trump unleashed this week on the world economy marks a decisive end to an era of freewheeling globalization that was shaped by American policymakers, business executives and consumers. The United States is now abandoning the system that made it rich and powerful, […]
City discussing how to deal with federal grant cuts
By Rodd Cayton New Mexico elected officials are reaching out to their counterparts in Republican-led states to convey the importance of Medicaid to local governments. That’s what Albuquerque’s federal lobbyist, John O’Donnell told the Intergovernmental Legislative Relations Committee this week. He said officials from the state are discussing the possible impact Washington, D.C. could have […]
City discussing how to deal with federal grant cuts
By Rodd Cayton New Mexico elected officials are reaching out to their counterparts in Republican-led states to convey the importance of Medicaid to local governments. That’s what Albuquerque’s federal lobbyist, John O’Donnell told the Intergovernmental Legislative Relations Committee this week. He said officials from the state are discussing the possible impact Washington, D.C. could have […]
Trump seeks court approval for most aggressive union-busting attempt ever
By Joe Davidson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Now we may know why President Donald Trump has not reissued his three first-term, anti-union directives that sharply reduced the ability of labor leaders to represent employees. Rather than hamstring federal labor organizations, Trump wants to bust the unions. In another move among many to vastly expand the […]
Trump seeks court approval for most aggressive union-busting attempt ever
By Joe Davidson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Now we may know why President Donald Trump has not reissued his three first-term, anti-union directives that sharply reduced the ability of labor leaders to represent employees. Rather than hamstring federal labor organizations, Trump wants to bust the unions. In another move among many to vastly expand the […]
After Trump’s broad tariffs, Europe reels from the loss of an old ally
By Anthony Faiola, Steve Hendrix, Ellen Francis · The Washington Post (c) 2025 ROME – In announcing plans to rebuild post-World War II Europe in 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall linked security with economics. Without the United States doing whatever it could to promote “normal economic health in the world,” he said, “there can be no political […]
After Trump’s broad tariffs, Europe reels from the loss of an old ally
By Anthony Faiola, Steve Hendrix, Ellen Francis · The Washington Post (c) 2025 ROME – In announcing plans to rebuild post-World War II Europe in 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall linked security with economics. Without the United States doing whatever it could to promote “normal economic health in the world,” he said, “there can be no political […]
Lobbyists tell ABQ city councilors to expect special legislative session
by Rodd Cayton A pair of lobbyists for the City of Albuquerque said the city saw some success in its priorities in the just-concluded legislative session, but that uncertainty in the federal budget and frustration on the part of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham could see the Roundhouse reopened for business twice this year. Al Park, […]