By Washington Post staff, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as U.S. ambassador to Israel. The decision lines up another staunch ally of Israel for Trump’s incoming administration, after he announced Monday he would appoint Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) to be U.S. […]
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Trump picks Mike Huckabee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel
By Washington Post staff, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as U.S. ambassador to Israel. The decision lines up another staunch ally of Israel for Trump’s incoming administration, after he announced Monday he would appoint Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) to be U.S. […]
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Honoring Those Who Serve
The gym at Estancia Valley Classical Academy was filled to the brim this Veterans Day with members of the armed services and those who wished to recognize them for their valor. Students including EVCA student government, teachers, and faculty pitched in to show their appreciation with the annual Veteran’s Day Breakfast and Flag Ceremony, an […]
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is set to reopen
The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico, which closed in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is reopening later this month. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Cochiti Pueblo announced Thursday the monument will reopen Nov. 21. Visitors will be required to make reservations online. The tribe will be taking on day-to-day […]
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The Trump Trials: Now what?
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When we started this newsletter last year, Donald Trump was still six months away from clinching the Republican presidential nomination. His four criminal cases were making their way through the courts and each seemed to have a shot at going to trial before the November election. A […]
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The Trump Trials: Now what?
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When we started this newsletter last year, Donald Trump was still six months away from clinching the Republican presidential nomination. His four criminal cases were making their way through the courts and each seemed to have a shot at going to trial before the November election. A […]
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Raised to Serve: A Veteran’s Journey from Rural New Mexico to Military Service
By Judy A. Tachias Growing up today in a small rural county mirrors the same values and traditions that long shaped the Estancia Valley in New Mexico. Children are raised with a deep respect for the land, working farms that were passed down through generations. They gather to celebrate milestones in their lives. Children grow […]
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Trump, allies signal they will try to call the shots for Republican-led Senate
By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and his allies signaled Sunday that they will try to call the shots in the Republican-led Senate, pushing the candidacy of Sen. Rick Scott (Florida) for GOP leader and demanding that Republicans allow Trump to make appointments to his administration and the courts without […]
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Trump, allies signal they will try to call the shots for Republican-led Senate
By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and his allies signaled Sunday that they will try to call the shots in the Republican-led Senate, pushing the candidacy of Sen. Rick Scott (Florida) for GOP leader and demanding that Republicans allow Trump to make appointments to his administration and the courts without […]
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How border counties in Texas flipped from blue to red for Trump
By Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post (c) 2024 SAN ANTONIO – The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local Republican offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Democrat for president in a century. […]