By Paul Kane · The Washington Post (c) 2025 It seemed, for a moment, like Republican lawmakers might offer some resistance. The Army National Guard lieutenant colonel who survived a sexual assault in the military faced off with a defense secretary nominee accused of sexual assault. A physician who specialized in helping low-income children get vaccines grilled […]
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Republican skeptics cave on Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks
By Paul Kane · The Washington Post (c) 2025 It seemed, for a moment, like Republican lawmakers might offer some resistance. The Army National Guard lieutenant colonel who survived a sexual assault in the military faced off with a defense secretary nominee accused of sexual assault. A physician who specialized in helping low-income children get vaccines grilled […]
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Inside New Mexico’s first diversion program for people who aren’t competent to stand trial
By Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth James Ketcherside approached the bushes behind the Las Cruces fire station where the woman had been spending nights, bracing for resistance but determined to try. She’d been on the streets for months, since a fight with her husband that ended in her arrest and expulsion from the family […]
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Inside New Mexico’s first diversion program for people who aren’t competent to stand trial
By Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth James Ketcherside approached the bushes behind the Las Cruces fire station where the woman had been spending nights, bracing for resistance but determined to try. She’d been on the streets for months, since a fight with her husband that ended in her arrest and expulsion from the family […]
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Sandoval County Commission Roundup
By Jesse Jones With the county landfill set to close in 2036 and a new site underway, Sandoval County commissioners decided at the Jan. 29 meeting to issue separate requests for proposals (RFP) for management consultation and operations rather than bundling the contracts. “I feel like I stumbled into a State Farm commercial for some […]
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Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
By Faiz Siddiqui, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thursday, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post – the sharpest move yet toward forcibly […]
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Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
By Faiz Siddiqui, Emily Davies · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff early this week that layoffs across the federal government are “likely” after the deferred resignation offer expires Thursday, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post – the sharpest move yet toward forcibly […]
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Commentary: Lawmaker’s Proposal Would Chip Away at Public-Records Access
This commentary was submitted by Heath Haussamen, and was originally published at haussamen.com. Disclosure: State Rep. Sarah Silva, D-Las Cruces, who is mentioned in this column, is my spouse. Here’s a good way to alienate the people our government is supposed to serve: Call them bothersome, or even malicious, and cut off their access to information […]
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Mexico’s ‘presidenta’ takes on Donald Trump
By Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 MEXICO CITY – As President Donald Trump threatened mass deportations and crushing tariffs on Mexico in recent weeks, this country’s leader stuck to a constant refrain. “We have to keep a cool head,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told her daily news conferences. While Sheinbaum is a […]
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Mexico’s ‘presidenta’ takes on Donald Trump
By Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2025 MEXICO CITY – As President Donald Trump threatened mass deportations and crushing tariffs on Mexico in recent weeks, this country’s leader stuck to a constant refrain. “We have to keep a cool head,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told her daily news conferences. While Sheinbaum is a […]