The head of the Federal Trade Commission joined Colorado officials and farmers for a roundtable focusing on the need for federal right-to-repair legislation Friday in Longmont.  Alongside U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, both Democrats, Lina Khan , chair of the FTC, listened to feedback from farmers about the difficulties they have ..read more

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse said Colorado Gov. Jared Polis should be included in conversations as a potential vice presidential nominee.  Neguse, of Lafayette, and U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado both signaled strong support Friday for Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee after a roundtable in Longmont focused on right-to-repair policy. The ..read more

People walk past a Heritage Foundation welcome sign for the Republican National Convention at the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on July 12, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Project 2025 is one of the most pernicious plans for an American presidential administration ever conceived, not just for what it is but also for how it might be implemented. Its far-right policy prescriptions could transform the federal government into a MAGA instrument of authoritarianism. Many of them are in fact familiar planks that have been recycled through decades of hardli ..read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Netanyahu’s visit occurs as the Israel-Hamas war reaches nearly ten months. A handful of Senate and House Democrats boycotted the remarks over Israel’s war on Hamas. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised victory over Hamas militants and said he knows “America has our back” during a joint meeting of Congress Wednesday that drew thousands of protesters and sp ..read more

The Colorado Department of Agriculture will start testing dairy products for bird flu. (Getty Images) The Colorado Department of Agriculture will now require regular testing of dairy milk as the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza — bird flu — continues to spread throughout the state.  Commercial cow dairy farms licensed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that are not already under a bird flu-related quarantine will undergo weekly testing of bulk samples. This will include facilities with dairy cattle used to produce milk, butter, pasteurized and other cheeses ..read more

Pennsylvania state police officers stand near the stage of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s top police officer faced questions Tuesday from lawmakers who wanted details on how the U.S. Secret Service and state and local law enforcement communicated when a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, killed one rallygoer and injured two others in Butler, Pennsylvania. Lawmakers were aghast to learn state police relayed infor ..read more

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - JULY 17: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends a moderated conversation with former Trump administration national security official Olivia Troye and former Republican voter Amanda Stratton on July 17, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Photo by Chris duMond/Getty Images) The Colorado Democratic Party voted on Tuesday to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president, two days after President Joe Biden announced he is dropping his reelection bid. Harris has the support of 95% of both the party’s central committee voting members and the state’s delegates to the Democrat ..read more

Downtown Delta, Colorado on May 29, 2021. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) A mandatory recount of ballots in Colorado’s House District 58 confirmed that auctioneer Larry Don Suckla won the Republican primary for the seat, the secretary of state’s office announced Tuesday. Suckla beat J. Mark Roeber by just three votes in the southwestern district that includes Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel counties and parts of Delta and Montezuma counties. That is what preliminary election results also showed. After the recount, both candidates gained a single vote. “We won b ..read more

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on July 22, 2024. The beleaguered leader of the agency has pledged cooperation with all investigations into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, though members of Congress from both parties have called for her to resign. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Congressional lawmakers on both sides of the aisle berated U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday over the agency’s failures to prevent the attempted assassination against former Pr ..read more

President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff view a Fourth of July fireworks display over the National Mall from the Blue Room Balcony, Thursday, July 4, 2024, at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott) WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee will move forward with the process to formally nominate a presidential candidate Wednesday when one of its committees meets in public amid ongoing efforts to set up a virtual roll call vote ahead of the convention, States Newsroom has been told. The nomination process ..read more