By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden’s candidacy, and Speaker […]
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Posted inNew Mexico Statewide News, NM State Gov., Syndicated
LFC: Bernalillo County violent crime mostly flat from 2017 high
By DANIELLE PROKOP Violent crime has plateaued in Bernalillo County since reaching its highest point in 2017, according to a presentation and report given to New Mexico lawmakers Monday. The […]
Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections
Biden says cooling political rhetoric doesn’t mean he’ll ‘stop telling the truth’ about Trump
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail Tuesday for the first time since the attempted assassination of […]
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The Secret Service is investigating how a gunman who shot and injured Trump was able to get so close
By REBECCA SANTANA, MICHAEL BIESECKER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how a gunman armed with an AR-style rifle was able to […]
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Trump injured but ‘fine’ after attempted assassination at rally, shooter and one attendee are dead
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, JILL COLVIN, COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and MICHELLE L. PRICE BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, NM State Gov., Syndicated
No lawmaker has signed up to sponsor NM Gov’s panhandling bill
By PATRICK LOHMANN With less than a week until a special legislative session focused on public safety, no lawmaker has yet signed up to sponsor a bill pushed by Gov. Michelle […]
Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
Election 2024 Latest: Democratic leadership backs Biden, Trump returns to the campaign trail
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is getting back on the campaign trail at his flagship Miami golf resort as Democrats face tough calls over President Joe Biden ’s reelection chances. Ever since […]
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Trump wants Black and Latino support. But he’s not popular with either group, poll analysis shows
As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised new efforts to expand his coalition — and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election.
But an AP analysis of two consecutive polls conducted in June by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that about 7 in 10 Black Americans have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Trump, as do about half of Hispanic Americans. While both groups do see Trump a little more favorably than when he left office in 2021, their opinion of him is still more negative than positive.
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Despite calls from groups, governor won’t call off special session
A group of 41 organizations and individuals want Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to halt plans to hold a special legislative session which is scheduled to start next week.
Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated
Read the letter President Biden sent to House Democrats telling them to support him in the election
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants Democrats in Congress to know he has no intention of exiting this year’s election, sending them a letter on Monday on his personal letterhead. Here is Biden’s […]