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Biden’s State of the Union, a campaign speech — but not for the general election

Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette, National / March 9, 2024 / Joe Biden, State of the Union

By Kaylee McGhee White | Colorado Springs Gazette One would be forgiven for mistaking President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday night as a campaign speech. It was overtly political, with the president making more than a dozen references to his “predecessor” and current rival, former President Donald Trump, and several dozen more about the supposed “threats to […]

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Holdout Republicans fall in line behind Trump after Super Tuesday sweep

National, Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette / March 6, 2024 / Elections

Republicans who had held off on throwing their support behind former President Donald Trump are now getting off the sidelines after his performance on Super Tuesday all but guaranteed he will be the party’s presidential nominee.

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Biden has until March 19 to drop out

Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette, National / March 4, 2024 / Elections

By Paul Bedard | Colorado Springs Gazette In late 1995, Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes had a problem. Instead of pulling out his checkbook and paying to get on state primary ballots, he chose to do it the old-fashioned way and get thousands of signatures on petitions, and it wasn’t going well. As the deadline for the petitions in Rhode

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Clinton speaks with Biden more than Obama, aides say

Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette, National / March 1, 2024 / Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden

Despite spending eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president, Joe Biden is more regularly in contact with former President Bill Clinton than he is with Obama.

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‘Newcomers’: The Biden Administration’s new word for illegal immigrants

Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette, National / February 29, 2024 / Immigration

Critics of President Joe Biden’s open borders agenda that has seen millions of illegal immigrants cross into the United States today ripped his characterization of them as simply “newcomers.”

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Presidential long-shot eyes DC’s 19 delegates ‘to take down’ Trump

National, Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette / February 28, 2024 / Donald Trump, Elections

The last man standing in the Republican primary race to stop former President Donald Trump’s march to a third GOP nomination hopes to show his hand and take all 19 delegates available at this weekend’s Washington, D.C., primary.

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Colorado National Guard training with Jordanians as conflict persists in the Middle East

National, Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette, State / February 21, 2024 / Foreign Policy, Military

As conflict persists in the Middle East, the Colorado National Guard is playing a key role in maintaining America’s partnership with Jordan, a U.S. ally in the region.

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NASA searching for ‘Martians’ on Earth as yearlong simulation approaches

National, Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette / February 20, 2024 / NASA

NASA is calling all “Martians” on Earth to apply to be part of a yearlong simulation set to help educate the agency on humanity’s exploration of the Red Planet.

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Presidents getting in on bobblehead fever

Colorado Springs Gazette, Approved, National / February 19, 2024 / Presidents

Just as Shohei Ohtani Day at Dodger Stadium and Aaron Judge Day at Yankee Stadium come with a bobblehead of the baseball stars, Presidents Day now has its own lineup of bobbing chief executives.

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Report: McDaniel offered to step down from RNC leadership if Trump wanted her out

Approved, Colorado Springs Gazette, National / February 16, 2024 / Republican Party, Ronna McDaniel

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel reportedly said she would step down as chairwoman if former President Donald Trump became the nominee and wanted her out.

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