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Trump picks Brendan Carr as FCC chairman

By Eva Dou,ย Cristiano Lima-Strong, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he was naming Brendan Carr as the next Federal Communications Commission chairman, positioning the regulatory agency to do battle against social media companies and TV broadcasters that Republicans portray as too liberal. Carr, 45, the senior Republican among the FCCโ€™s five […]

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Trump picks Brendan Carr as FCC chairman

By Eva Dou,ย Cristiano Lima-Strong, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he was naming Brendan Carr as the next Federal Communications Commission chairman, positioning the regulatory agency to do battle against social media companies and TV broadcasters that Republicans portray as too liberal. Carr, 45, the senior Republican among the FCCโ€™s five […]

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Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation

By Jacob Bogage,ย Jeff Stein,ย Dan Diamond, The Washington Post (c) 2024 , The Washington Post President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trumpโ€™s 2017 tax cuts next year. Among the […]

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Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation

By Jacob Bogage,ย Jeff Stein,ย Dan Diamond, The Washington Post (c) 2024 , The Washington Post President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trumpโ€™s 2017 tax cuts next year. Among the […]

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Kari Lake settles election defamation case brought by Arizona official

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PHOENIX – A year-long defamation case against Kari Lake, who falsely blamed a local Arizona election official for her 2022 defeat for governor and has sowed distrust in American election systems, has been settled. The details of the settlement are confidential, according to two people familiar […]

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Kari Lake settles election defamation case brought by Arizona official

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 PHOENIX – A year-long defamation case against Kari Lake, who falsely blamed a local Arizona election official for her 2022 defeat for governor and has sowed distrust in American election systems, has been settled. The details of the settlement are confidential, according to two people familiar […]

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What Trump’s presidency could mean for New Mexico’s climate

By Bryce Dix, KUNM As federal policy shifts more to the right with the election of Donald J. Trump, conservationists are increasingly worried how the incoming administrationโ€™s vows to cut climate spending and ramp up oil and gas drilling will change New Mexicoโ€™s landscape. Itโ€™s no secret that Trump is skeptical of the science behind […]

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Bernalillo County prosecutor wants tougher laws for young people. Will New Mexico lawmakers agree?

By Austin Fisher, Source NM Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman โ€” one of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grishamโ€™s top advisors on criminal justice issues โ€” wants New Mexico to focus much of its deterrence efforts on young people.  His plans, if approved, would lead to harsher punishment for children and young adults.  As the lead […]