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Which federal properties in New Mexico made the new sell-off list?

In March, President Donald Trump’s administration unexpectedly published a list of over 400 federal properties to be sold through “accelerated disposal” and fifteen New Mexico properties, including facilities servicing a nuclear waste disposal site in Carlsbad and the Dennis Chavez Federal Building housing the Downtown Albuquerque post office, were included. Now that list is down […]

Protect the firefighters who protect our homes and forests

Riva Duncan is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. She is vice president of Grassroots Wildland Firefighters. By Riva Duncan, Guest columnist. You probably don’t see wildland firefighters on the job because they usually work in remote areas. But with wildfires moving […]

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Trump’s clemency spree extends to ex-gangster, rapper, former congressmen

By Emily Davies — A gang leader who built a powerful criminal enterprise, an ex-congressman from New York who underreported earnings from his Manhattan restaurant and a Connecticut governor toppled in a corruption scandal all received clemency Wednesday in a sweeping series of orders signed by President Donald Trump. Trump extended relief to 25 people […]

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White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say

By Lauren Weber, Caitlin Gilbert — Some of the citations that underpin the science in the White House’s sweeping “MAHA Report” appear to have been generated using artificial intelligence, resulting in numerous garbled scientific references and invented studies, AI experts said Thursday. Of the 522 footnotes to scientific research in an initial version of the […]

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Supreme Court narrows scope of environmental reviews

By Justin Jouvenal — Supreme Court narrows scope of environmental reviews The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously narrowed the scope of government-required environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects, overturning a lower-court block on a rail line in Utah that would carry billions of gallons of oil. The case became a proxy battle over how far […]

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Tired of political attacks, Musk turns back to Mars and autonomous cars

By Trisha Thadani, Elizabeth Dwoskin — About a year ago, Elon Musk quietly summoned a handful of Republican strategists and confidants to his sparsely decorated apartment overlooking downtown Austin. The Tesla CEO told the group that electing Donald Trump was essential to the country’s future, and he was willing to do anything – and pay […]

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Trump’s Air Force One deal with Qatar not final, despite U.S. claims

By John Hudson, Natalie Allison, Dan Lamothe, Ellen Nakashima — Despite claims by the Defense Department to the contrary, legal teams representing the U.S. and Qatari governments have not finalized an agreement for transferring the luxury Boeing 747-8 jetliner that President Donald Trump wants for Air Force One amid outstanding requests by Qatar for Washington […]

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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs halted by Court of International Trade

By David J. Lynch, Cat Zakrzewski — The Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority in imposing tariffs on all imported goods, calling an immediate halt to his signature trade war policy. “The challenged Tariff Orders will be vacated and their operation permanently enjoined,” a three-judge panel ruled. Even […]