By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and his allies signaled Sunday that they will try to call the shots in the Republican-led Senate, pushing the candidacy of Sen. Rick Scott (Florida) for GOP leader and demanding that Republicans allow Trump to make appointments to his administration and the courts without […]
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How border counties in Texas flipped from blue to red for Trump
By Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post (c) 2024 SAN ANTONIO – The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local Republican offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Democrat for president in a century. […]
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How border counties in Texas flipped from blue to red for Trump
By Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post (c) 2024 SAN ANTONIO – The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local Republican offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Democrat for president in a century. […]
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Trump is the oldest person to be elected president: U.S. presidents, by age
By Victoria Bisset, Hannah Dormido, Alvaro Valino, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Donald Trump first won the 2016 election at 70 years old, he became the oldest person to be elected U.S. president – and the first to be in his 70s at the start of his term. President Joe Biden surpassed that record four years […]
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Trump is the oldest person to be elected president: U.S. presidents, by age
By Victoria Bisset, Hannah Dormido, Alvaro Valino, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Donald Trump first won the 2016 election at 70 years old, he became the oldest person to be elected U.S. president – and the first to be in his 70s at the start of his term. President Joe Biden surpassed that record four years […]
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Did abortion ballot measures backfire on Democrats?
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Democrats have many difficult issues to wade through after a disappointing 2024 presidential election. But among the leading ones is: Why did their emphasis on abortion rights not achieve the desired result? After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats in the 2022 midterms performed historically well […]
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Did abortion ballot measures backfire on Democrats?
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Democrats have many difficult issues to wade through after a disappointing 2024 presidential election. But among the leading ones is: Why did their emphasis on abortion rights not achieve the desired result? After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats in the 2022 midterms performed historically well […]
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PRC nominating committee sends names to governor
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Hannah Grover, NM Political Report The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission nominating committee is submitting four names to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to […]
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PRC nominating committee sends names to governor
This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Hannah Grover, NM Political Report The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission nominating committee is submitting four names to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to […]
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Weather extremes influence illegal migration and return between the U.S. and Mexico, study finds
By Dorany Pineda, Associated Press Extreme weather is contributing to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States, suggesting that more migrants could risk their lives crossing the border as climate change fuels droughts, storms and other hardships, according to a new study. People from agricultural areas in Mexico were more likely to cross […]