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Colleges scramble to shield programs amid growing hostility from GOP

By Susan Svrluga, Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2024 University leaders are bracing for an onslaught of aggressive legislation and regulations amid growing hostility from an ascendant Republican Party that depends less and less on college-educated voters. For years, conservatives have seen colleges and universities as unwelcoming and disdainful of their values. Tensions between […]

Posted inEducation, National News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated

Colleges scramble to shield programs amid growing hostility from GOP

By Susan Svrluga, Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2024 University leaders are bracing for an onslaught of aggressive legislation and regulations amid growing hostility from an ascendant Republican Party that depends less and less on college-educated voters. For years, conservatives have seen colleges and universities as unwelcoming and disdainful of their values. Tensions between […]

Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated

Trump sees the investigators, not the rioters, as the Jan. 6 criminals

 By Philip Bump · The Washington Post (c) 2024 History will tell the story of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in direct terms. President Donald Trump, increasingly desperate to block Joe Biden’s inauguration to replace him, summoned his supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest. Hundreds of thousands came, including members […]

Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated

Trump sees the investigators, not the rioters, as the Jan. 6 criminals

 By Philip Bump · The Washington Post (c) 2024 History will tell the story of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in direct terms. President Donald Trump, increasingly desperate to block Joe Biden’s inauguration to replace him, summoned his supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest. Hundreds of thousands came, including members […]

Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated

Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump […]

Posted inNational News, Politics & Elections, Syndicated

Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump […]

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Stansbury discusses possible run for House Natural Resources Committee ranking member position

By Nicole Maxwell, City Desk ABQ U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury hinted at a possible run for the congressional House Natural Resources (NHRC) ranking member seat. “I just want to say that there is a clear path to winning that race should I formally get into it,” Stansbury said during her weekly press call Friday. “We […]

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Stansbury discusses possible run for House Natural Resources Committee ranking member position

By Nicole Maxwell, City Desk ABQ U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury hinted at a possible run for the congressional House Natural Resources (NHRC) ranking member seat. “I just want to say that there is a clear path to winning that race should I formally get into it,” Stansbury said during her weekly press call Friday. “We […]

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Gov. MLG: New Mexico won’t cooperate in “inhumane, cruel, unfair, discriminate” Trump deportation policies

If President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his plan to deport millions of people living illegally in the country, he’ll have to do it without the help of New Mexico, says Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. While President-elect Trump’s transition team has provided few details on how they would make good on his promise to identify, […]