By Daniel Montaño, KUNM A new police force may be on the way to New Mexico, after a bill advanced through its first committee with unanimous support this week. The armed law enforcement officers capable of making arrests would be responsible for enforcing cannabis control laws. House Bill 10, sponsored by Rep. Doreen Gallegos,D-Las Cruces, would […]
Matthew Reichbach
Matthew Reichbach is the digital editor for nm.news.
Matt previously as editor of NM Political Report and NM Telegram before joining nm.news in 2024.
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Federal judge: Trump ignoring rule of law for ‘political or personal gain’
By David Nakamura · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump’s commitment to the rule of law, saying he is trampling the Constitution to pursue “political or personal gain.” U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour offered his commentary while becoming the second federal judge in two days to issue […]
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Federal judge: Trump ignoring rule of law for ‘political or personal gain’
By David Nakamura · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump’s commitment to the rule of law, saying he is trampling the Constitution to pursue “political or personal gain.” U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour offered his commentary while becoming the second federal judge in two days to issue […]
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2nd federal judge in 2 days blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
By GENE JOHNSON and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, decrying what he described as the administration’s attempt to ignore the Constitution for political gain. U.S. […]
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2nd federal judge in 2 days blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
By GENE JOHNSON and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, decrying what he described as the administration’s attempt to ignore the Constitution for political gain. U.S. […]
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Elon Musk is making X into his own digital Mar-a-Lago
By Will Oremus · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk posted a poll question to his X followers on Tuesday afternoon. “Would you like DOGE to audit the IRS?” Within 24 hours, nearly 2 million X users had voted: 51 percent chose “yes,” and 41 percent selected “F yes” with a raised-hands emoji. Just 8 percent said […]
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Elon Musk is making X into his own digital Mar-a-Lago
By Will Oremus · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk posted a poll question to his X followers on Tuesday afternoon. “Would you like DOGE to audit the IRS?” Within 24 hours, nearly 2 million X users had voted: 51 percent chose “yes,” and 41 percent selected “F yes” with a raised-hands emoji. Just 8 percent said […]
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This time, the anti-Trump resistance is in the courts more than in the streets
By Naftali Bendavid · The Washington Post (c) 2025 As President Donald Trump opens his presidency with a barrage of actions that critics say defy or ignore existing laws, his opponents, after a brief period of shocked paralysis, have ramped up dozens of lawsuits that now form the leading edge of the liberal pushback against his second-term […]
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This time, the anti-Trump resistance is in the courts more than in the streets
By Naftali Bendavid · The Washington Post (c) 2025 As President Donald Trump opens his presidency with a barrage of actions that critics say defy or ignore existing laws, his opponents, after a brief period of shocked paralysis, have ramped up dozens of lawsuits that now form the leading edge of the liberal pushback against his second-term […]
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How Elon Musk’s deputies took over the government’s most basic functions
By Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk’s allies are turning a once-obscure federal IT unit into the linchpin of their sweeping campaign to tear down the federal bureaucracy, sparking fears of improper overreach and chaos among tech employees in the government. During a tense meeting Monday, employees of the Technology Transformation Services […]