This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the Bushra Elfarissi. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org New Mexico has made significant strides in addressing poverty, but we must ask: Are we truly addressing the root causes of poverty and bridging the wealth divide, or are we merely offering short-term relief? The state’s reposition from first […]
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Opinion: New Mexico’s approach on poverty doesn’t address its root causes
This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the Bushra Elfarissi. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org New Mexico has made significant strides in addressing poverty, but we must ask: Are we truly addressing the root causes of poverty and bridging the wealth divide, or are we merely offering short-term relief? The state’s reposition from first […]
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Ex-‘MAGA Granny’ is turning down Trump’s pardon of her Jan. 6 conviction
by Ben Brasch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post A woman who once called herself the “MAGA Granny” has spent the past few years criticizing Donald Trump after she was sentenced to 60 days in prison for being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Pamela Hemphill from […]
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Ex-‘MAGA Granny’ is turning down Trump’s pardon of her Jan. 6 conviction
by Ben Brasch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post A woman who once called herself the “MAGA Granny” has spent the past few years criticizing Donald Trump after she was sentenced to 60 days in prison for being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Pamela Hemphill from […]
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22 states, including New Mexico, sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press and local reporting from City Desk ABQ Attorneys general from 22 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration practice known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status. Trump’s roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts […]
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22 states, including New Mexico, sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press and local reporting from City Desk ABQ Attorneys general from 22 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration practice known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status. Trump’s roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts […]
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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press […]
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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press […]
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Trump moves to exit Paris agreement and undo Biden’s climate policies
The flurry of executive orders drew cheers from the fossil fuel industry
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Here are the executive actions and orders Trump signed on Day 1
by Washington Post staff (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Donald Trump began issuing executive actions Monday after being sworn into office as the 47th president of the United States, kicking off his second term in office at a signing desk inside Washington’s Capital One Arena with family members and allies behind him onstage, and […]