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Feds using Buckley Space Force Base to detain and process illegal aliens
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Feds using Buckley Space Force Base to detain and process illegal aliens

By Lindsey Grewe | KKTV-TV CBS 11 News A Colorado military installation is now being used as a holding and processing facility for detained migrants as the Trump administration ramps up mass arrests across the country. Coming at the behest of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora is the first military installation in the country utilized for this purpose. In a statement to 11 News sister station CBS Denver, U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) said that no military personnel would be involved in ICE operations. READ THE FULL STORY AT KKTV-TV CBS 11 NEWS
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SB25-003, limiting semiauto firearm sales, passes Colorado Senate committee
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SB25-003, limiting semiauto firearm sales, passes Colorado Senate committee

By Maddie Rhodes | KDVR-TV Fox 31 News A bill banning some semiautomatic firearm sales passed through part of the Colorado Senate and is making its way through the floor. On Tuesday, Senate Bill 25-003, “Semiautomatic Firearms & Rapid-Fire Devices,” passed through the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee in a 3-2 vote. The proposed bill, backed by Democratic Senators Tom Sullivan of Centennial and Julie Gonzales of Denver, would prohibit the manufacture, distribution, transfer, sale and purchase of specified semiautomatic firearms along with the purchase and sale of accessories that increase the rate of semi-automatic fire, like binary triggers. READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR-TV FOX 31 NEWS
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Longmire resigns Douglas Co. planning post in protest of treatment Commissioner Thomas received
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Longmire resigns Douglas Co. planning post in protest of treatment Commissioner Thomas received

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Editor's note: This is a developing story and may be updated. Jay Longmire quit the Douglas County Planning Commission this week, protesting what he called years of alleged "bullying, antagonization, abuse, and slander" of Commissioner Lora Thomas by fellow commissioners George Teal and Abe Laydon. "Effective immediately, upon the conclusion of this planning meeting, I’m submitting my resignation as a commissioner on the Douglas County Planning Commission. I find that I must stand on principle. I’m resigning in protest to the way former Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas has been treated by Commissioners George Teal and Abe Laydon over the past several years," Longmire said. He accused Teal and Laydon of stripping...
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ACLU lawsuit claims Aurora landlords violated law in threatening to report tenants to ICE
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ACLU lawsuit claims Aurora landlords violated law in threatening to report tenants to ICE

By Austen Erblat | CBS Colorado The ACLU of Colorado has filed a lawsuit against a pair of Aurora landlords who the civil rights group accuses of threatening tenants, in violation of state law.  An ACLU spokesman says the threats violate Colorado's Immigrant Tenant Protection Act and filed a civil suit in Arapahoe County District Court on Monday. According to the suit, Avi Schwalb and Nancy Dominguez of PHS Rent LLC threatened to report two tenants and their children, aged 15 and 3, to ICE. Reached by phone Tuesday afternoon, Dominguez declined to comment. The ACLU says the couple, who are not identified in the lawsuit, have pending asylum cases with the U.S. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Health officials told to stop working with WHO immediately after Trump withdrawal
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Health officials told to stop working with WHO immediately after Trump withdrawal

By Annabella Rosciglione | Washington Examiner Health officials working at agencies housed within the Department of Health and Human Services have been told to suspend their work with the World Health Organization immediately after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling the country out of the organization. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official John Nkengasong sent a memo to senior agency leaders Sunday night in which he said that all agency staff who work with the WHO must stop their collaborations effective immediately and “await further guidance.”  “All CDC staff engaging with WHO through technical working groups, coordinating centers, advisory boards, cooperative agreements or other means — in person or virtual,...
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Trump proposes abolishment of federal income tax, bringing U.S. back to ‘richest period’ in history
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Trump proposes abolishment of federal income tax, bringing U.S. back to ‘richest period’ in history

By Kristen Altus  | Fox Business Pitching a monumental and potentially controversial proposal to his Republican allies, President Donald Trump is seemingly floating the idea of scrapping federal income taxes altogether. "We had no income tax. The income tax came in…1913. As I said in my speech last week, instead of taxing our citizens to enrich foreign nations, we should be tariffing and taxing foreign nations to enrich our citizens," Trump said during his conference address in Doral, Florida, on Monday. "It's time for the United States to return to the system that made us richer and more powerful than ever before," he added. "You know, the United States in 1870 to 1913, all tariffs. And that was the richest period in the history of the United States, relatively speaking." READ...
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What will the Fed do with interest rates and how will Trump react?
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What will the Fed do with interest rates and how will Trump react?

By Eric Revell  | Fox Business The Federal Reserve is set to announce its next interest rate move on Wednesday, which could prompt a reaction from President Donald Trump, who recently called for the Fed to lower interest rates. Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) are expected to leave the target for the benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% — which would be the central bank's first pause in this rate-cutting cycle following three consecutive cuts that brought rates down from 5.25% to 5.5%. The Fed's anticipated pause could prompt Trump to renew his criticism of the central bank and Fed Chair Jerome Powell, following the president's call for lower interest rates last week. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE FOX BUSINESS
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GOP lawmakers introduce bill to expand school choice
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GOP lawmakers introduce bill to expand school choice

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell  | Daily Signal Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Tim Scott of South Carolina are celebrating School Choice Week by introducing a bill to empower businesses and individuals to fund education choice for students. Introduced Wednesday, the Educational Choice for Children Act provides a charitable donation incentive for individuals and businesses to fund scholarships for students to cover expenses related to K-12 public and private education. School Choice Week began Monday. “Parents want to see their child succeed. Giving them the ability to make decisions over their child’s education puts that child’s needs first,” Cassidy said in a statement first provided to The Daily Signal. “More freedom empowers parents and ...
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U.S. confirms departure from Paris climate deal
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U.S. confirms departure from Paris climate deal

By Simon Kent | Breitbart Washington notified the United Nations on Tuesday to confirm it is delivering on a key campaign pledge of President Donald Trump and withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement to put U.S. energy and job growth first. On his first day back in the White House, Trump announced America would leave the accord, which is managed by the U.N. climate change body. “In recent years, the United States has purported to join international agreements and initiatives that do not reflect our country’s values or our contributions to the pursuit of economic and environmental objectives,” Trump’s executive order read. READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART
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RFK Jr. confirmation hearing live updates
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RFK Jr. confirmation hearing live updates

By Josh Christenson, Diana Glebova, Caitlin Doornbos and Kaydi Pelletier | New York Post Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s controversial pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, is appearing Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee, to face questions — and fierce opposition from some lawmakers — about his bid to head the department. It’s unclear whether RFK Jr. — who ran against Trump last year as an independent candidate for president before dropping out of the race and endorsing him — has the votes to be confirmed for the role. Some of his own family members, including cousin Caroline Kennedy, a former US Ambassador to Australia and Japan, have lambasted him as “dangerous” and “unqualified” to oversee America’s health bureau....
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