by Brianna Tucker (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Employees of the U.S. DOGE Service, the organization overseen by Elon Musk that is tasked with slashing the size of the federal government, successfully gained access to the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) headquarters in downtown Washington on Thursday, a day after the small aid agency […]
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PNM Decides Not to Cut Power to Some East Mountains Residents in Sandoval County
By Hannah Grover Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout the day with the latest closures and updates from PNM and local officials. Check back often for the latest. The Public Service Company of New Mexico had plans to shut off power to 10,000 customers in the East Mountains at noon Thursday due to […]
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Sandoval County Seeks $528K to Tackle DWI Crisis
By Jesse Jones At its Feb. 26 meeting, the Sandoval County Commission approved two resolutions to apply for state funding for the Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Prevention and Intervention Program. The grants, totaling $528,000, will fund prevention, treatment and detox services to combat DWI and alcohol abuse, reduce alcohol-related offenses and expand education and treatment […]
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Lawmakers Attempt to Address Challenges with Free-Roaming Horses
By Hannah Grover Driving through Placitas, it is not uncommon to see horses in the roadways and signs warn motorists to be aware of the free-roaming equines. The Placitas herd is one of several free-roaming horse herds in New Mexico and, while many people enjoy seeing these unbridled equines, others argue they are a nuisance […]
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Stargaze in Placitas: Community library to host astronomy event
The Placitas Community Library (PCL) will host its spring Star Party on April 5 beginning at 6 p.m. with solar viewing. The Albuquerque Astronomical Society Star Master will present a talk at 7 p.m. about celestial objects visible that night, including the First Quarter Moon, planets Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, bright stars such as Sirius, […]
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Trump agrees to one-month tariff reprieve aimed at helping U.S. automakers
by Aaron Gregg, David J. Lynch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Less than 48 hours after slapping tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump agreed to a one-month reprieve for automobile imports that qualify for duty-free treatment under the North American trade agreement negotiated during his first term. The president’s […]
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Trump agrees to one-month tariff reprieve aimed at helping U.S. automakers
by Aaron Gregg, David J. Lynch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Less than 48 hours after slapping tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump agreed to a one-month reprieve for automobile imports that qualify for duty-free treatment under the North American trade agreement negotiated during his first term. The president’s […]
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Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine
Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine by Aaron Blake (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump in his speech to Congress on Tuesday pitched his strategy to end the war in Ukraine – which is increasingly focused on pressuring and criticizing that country – as bearing fruit. “I’m also working tirelessly to […]
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Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine
Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine by Aaron Blake (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump in his speech to Congress on Tuesday pitched his strategy to end the war in Ukraine – which is increasingly focused on pressuring and criticizing that country – as bearing fruit. “I’m also working tirelessly to […]
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Supreme Court says judge can force Trump administration to pay foreign aid
by Justin Jouvenal, Annie Gowen, Ann E. Marimow (c) 2025 , The Washington Post A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court order on foreign aid funding, clearing the way for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development to restart nearly $2 billion […]