Amy B Wang, Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Speaking at a campaign event with former president Donald Trump on Tuesday, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) took a dig at Vice President Kamala Harris for not having biological children. Sanders, who was White House press secretary under Trump before she was elected governor of […]
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Federal Reserve rate cut may boost Kamala Harris in campaign homestretch
By Jeff Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Federal Reserve’s long-awaited cut to interest rates may prove a boon to Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign as the presidential election enters the home stretch. On Wednesday, the central bank is widely expected to reduce the benchmark rate for the first time since 2020, lowering borrowing […]
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Sandoval County Amends Lease Agreement with Intel to Boost Economic Growth
Sandoval County Commissioners on Sept. 11 finalized an agreement that will allow continued multibillion-dollar investments in Intel’s Rio Rancho facility and local economic development through 2030. An initial amendment to a long-standing Industrial Revenue Bond agreement with Intel was approved at the Aug. 14 meeting. Afterward, it was sent to the county and Intel to […]
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Harris to address group that hosted Trump when he questioned her Black identity
Toluse Olorunnipa, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to sit for a rare interview with reporters from the National Association of Black Journalists on Tuesday, part of an effort to court Black voters and present a contrast with former president Donald Trump after his contentious sit-down with the group in […]
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Trump requests more time to reply to appeal of Florida case dismissal
Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s legal team has requested a 30-day extension to respond to the government’s appeal of U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s dismissal of his classified-documents case, making it less likely that a ruling on whether the indictment should be restored will come before Inauguration Day. The former […]
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Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Patrick Marley (c) 2024 , The Washington Post PHOENIX – A key election official in Arizona’s Maricopa County plans to ask the state’s highest court as early as Tuesday to prohibitnearly 100,000 longtime residents from voting in state and local races this fall after discovering that the state has no record of asking […]
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UNM Health Sciences Rio Rancho Campus to Host Small Business Trainings
The University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Rio Rancho Campus (HSRR) is teaming up with partners in Sandoval County to host a series of training sessions to support the community. “It is really important to us that we are serving our community, that we’re listening to our community and then responding in ways that support […]
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City Council paves the way for new film studio
Albuquerque is one step closer to being the home to a new film studio after city councilors approved millions for the project during their meeting Monday. Councilors unanimously passed an ordinance that would issue $7 million in city and state funds for a new film and television production campus for Mesa Film Studios LLC on […]
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EVCA Partners with Varsity Tutors for Schools to Provide Resources for Students
Estancia Valley Classical Academy has agreed to a partnership with Varsity Tutors for Schools to provide academic resources for all district students at no cost until 2030. The Varsity Tutors for Schools platform integrates interactive study tools, collaborative workspaces and tutoring resources, including: The partnership extends from now until June 30, 2030. ECVA joins over […]
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The staggering reach of Trump’s misinformation — not just on Haitian migrants
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post, (c) 2024 , From Day One of his presidency to this day, Donald Trump has promoted an alternate reality that has caught on with a shocking proportion of his base. But we don’t often get good polling that shows just how much Trump’s misinformation has penetrated the country. Today, […]