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RFK Jr. tries to convince skeptical senators that he won’t undermine vaccines

By Dan Diamond, Fenit Nirappil, Lauren Weber, Rachel Roubein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursdaystruggled to answer questions about Medicare, refused to rule out a debunked link between autism and vaccines, and said he would entertain conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, in a second day of hearings as he tries to […]

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Trump blames predecessors, diversity programs for fatal air collision

By Isaac Arnsdorf  · The Washington Post (c) 2025 First responders were still recovering bodies from the Potomac River Thursday when President Trump told the nation that his predecessors, Democrats and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport. Within […]

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Trump blames predecessors, diversity programs for fatal air collision

By Isaac Arnsdorf  · The Washington Post (c) 2025 First responders were still recovering bodies from the Potomac River Thursday when President Trump told the nation that his predecessors, Democrats and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport. Within […]

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Mayor Torres Reaffirms Bernalillo is ‘Immigrant Friendly’

By Jesse Jones In a swift Jan. 27 meeting, the Bernalillo Council honored town attorney George Perez on his retirement, a pickleball player requested more center access and Mayor Jack Torres outlined the town’s 2017 “Immigrant Friendly” resolution. “Because of everything that’s happening in our community, within our country, I wanted to be sure we […]

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Democrats’ spending freeze block a ‘small victory’ in a ‘long war’

By Meryl Kornfield, Patrick Svitek, Alec Dent · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The opposition party claimed an early win in Donald Trump’s second term Wednesday after his administration rescinded an order freezing federal grants that caused widespread confusion. It came after Democrats in Congress banded together to raise alarm about the order, arguably their most cohesive moment of […]

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Democrats’ spending freeze block a ‘small victory’ in a ‘long war’

By Meryl Kornfield, Patrick Svitek, Alec Dent · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The opposition party claimed an early win in Donald Trump’s second term Wednesday after his administration rescinded an order freezing federal grants that caused widespread confusion. It came after Democrats in Congress banded together to raise alarm about the order, arguably their most cohesive moment of […]

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Proposal to protect public library funds moves forward

By Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico State lawmakers passed a bill through committee Tuesday night following an often heated debate over banning books from public libraries. In recent years, hundreds of books have been pulled from the shelves across the country, as Republican lawmakers lead efforts to ban books in schools and public libraries for […]

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Proposal to protect public library funds moves forward

By Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico State lawmakers passed a bill through committee Tuesday night following an often heated debate over banning books from public libraries. In recent years, hundreds of books have been pulled from the shelves across the country, as Republican lawmakers lead efforts to ban books in schools and public libraries for […]

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BernCo commissioners considering the future of state fairgrounds

Bernalillo County Commissioners Tuesday night moved to reassure communities near the New Mexico state fairgrounds that their voices will be heard and their needs considered in any potential redevelopment of the site. The commission voted unanimously to introduce legislation creating a tax increment development district (TIDD) centered on the fairgrounds, but that measure will not […]