After weeks of heavy rainfall, the Aurora City Council on Wednesday removed the city’s drought declaration, returning to normal water availability conditions. The vote comes after city staff emailed council members about removing the restrictions, as The Denver Post first reported earlier this month. That means residents and businesses will, as of Thursday, no longer […]
It was a photo op intended to turbocharge Republican voters, one showing Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida posing in front of a helicopter on Sunday at the southern border in Texas. But the display is creating an unwanted spotlight for Mr. DeSantis: The helicopter is funded by Texas taxpayers, raising questions about the political nature […]
Liz Saville Roberts clashes with PM over inflation Welsh Secretary David T. C. Davies has blasted the Labour Welsh Government in Cardiff for banning meal deals in the Principalities and hugely increasing the cost of living. The idea had been considered by the Conservative UK Government to tackle obesity but has been indefinitely suspended by […]
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months. Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing it too. And President Joe Biden seemingly isn’t far behind. Driven by the demands of hard-right members, Republicans in the House are threatening impeachment against Biden and his top Cabinet officials, creating a backbeat […]
Colorado’s goal of 99% access to high-speed internet will get an $826 million boost from the federal bipartisan infrastructure law, officials announced Monday. Colorado’s share comes from some $42.5 billion being sent to the states and territories in what officials are touting as the largest federal investment in broadband in the country’s history. “This exciting […]
Rishi Sunak and von der Leyen discuss Horizon Europe Britain has already been betrayed by the EU over Rishi Sunak’s much-vaunted Windsor Framework agreement on Northern Ireland after Brussels pulled back on one of the key guarantees given to the Prime Minister, Brexiteers have warned. It has emerged that a pledge by European Commission President […]
La Raza Park isn’t very big as Denver parks go. Occupying one city block between Osage and Navajo streets, it’s easy enough for drivers on West 38th Avenue to zoom by without thinking about the pyramid-shaped kiosko structure at the center of its grassy lawns. But the little park has made an outsized imprint on […]
In front of a sold-out crowd on Sunday evening in Novi, Mich., former President Donald J. Trump lamented the decline of the automobile industry under Democratic rule and said he “stood up to China” to save thousands of manufacturing jobs. It was a speech he might have given in 2020. But then the script changed. […]
Brexit: DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson slams Northern Ireland protocol A new plan to end the Brexit stand-off over Northern Ireland that could clear the way for the DUP to return to power-sharing with Sinn Fein will be launched this week. The detailed proposals to resolve the deadlock that are backed by senior DUP figures and Brexiteer […]
In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some of the results of the decision have been unsurprising — more than a dozen Republican-led states have moved to ban most abortions, and dozens of abortion clinics have closed. Yet there have also been unexpected legal and political changes that have left Americans […]