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McConnell joins 45 GOP senators backing Trump in Colorado ballot fight
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McConnell joins 45 GOP senators backing Trump in Colorado ballot fight

By Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE The fate of former President Donald Trump's primary ballot access in Colorado got a boost Thursday from 46 Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), calling on the Supreme Court to keep him on the ballot. More than two dozen amicus briefs have been filed to the public docket for the Supreme Court case over whether Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2024 presidential election, is disqualified from appearing on the Centennial State's primary ballot under a 14th Amendment provision barring anyone who engaged in insurrection from holding office again. In the latest brief, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), 177 Rep...
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Senate passes funding bill to stave off government shutdown
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Senate passes funding bill to stave off government shutdown

By Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE The Senate voted to extend government funding into March on Thursday as lawmakers prepared to leave town in anticipation of another D.C. snowstorm. The continuing resolution, which passed 77-18, is the third short-term extension the Senate has approved since September. Before the final vote, the Senate rejected a handful of amendments that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) agreed to in order to expedite passage of the bill. One of them, sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), would have prevented aid from going to the Palestinian Authority and other governing bodies in Gaza and the West Bank unless they met conditions that include recognizing the state of Israel. The Senate voted down the...
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Bill to create fiscal committee to rein in $34 trillion national debt advances in House
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Bill to create fiscal committee to rein in $34 trillion national debt advances in House

By Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE The House Budget Committee voted Thursday to advance landmark legislation that would create a fiscal committee to limit the growth of the national debt. The committee advanced the bipartisan legislation in a 22-12 vote. The Fiscal Commission Act of 2023 would form a panel consisting of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers from both chambers of Congress, in addition to outside experts. Specifically, the commission would be composed of 16 members — the speaker of the House, House minority leader, Senate majority leader, and Senate minority leader would each appoint four members. Three of the four members must be lawmakers, and one must be an outside expert. The country is staring down some $34...
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House conservatives press Mike Johnson to attach border security to Senate funding bill
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House conservatives press Mike Johnson to attach border security to Senate funding bill

By Cami Mondeaux and Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE House conservatives are urging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to make last-minute changes to a stopgap funding measure, seeking to attach Republicans' border security bill to the final text. Members of the House Freedom Caucus met with Johnson on Thursday, just hours before the lower chamber is set to vote on a continuing resolution that would avoid a partial government shutdown over the weekend. Conservatives pressed Johnson to amend the resolution text to include House Republicans' signature border bill, H.R. 2, in the final version of the funding extension — a request they said the speaker is "considering." “[Rep. Andy] Harris and I just went and spoke with the speaker about ...
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Student enrollment down statewide, up in Denver because of newly arriving immigrants
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Student enrollment down statewide, up in Denver because of newly arriving immigrants

By Nicole C. Brambila | SOURCE: THE DENVER GAZETTE Student enrollment statewide declined for a second year with new data from the Colorado Department of Education showing a loss of about 1,800 students on what’s called the October count, which is used to determine funding levels for school districts. “On a percentage basis, it’s a fairly small change,” said Jennifer Okes, chief school operations officer for the Colorado Department of Education. Statewide enrollment remains relatively stable. Those 1,800 Colorado students equate to a roughly 0.20% decrease, down from 883,264 in 2022 to 881,464 last fall, state data shows. Colorado’s enrollment was last this low in 2013, when 876,999 pupils were counted, after gaining 13,438 students. What the Oct. 2 count doesn’t show is t...
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‘All-time’ temperature record falls in Colorado on sub-zero day
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‘All-time’ temperature record falls in Colorado on sub-zero day

By Spencer McKee | SOURCE: THE DENVER GAZETTE Another temperature record has been set in Colorado during recent days of frigid weather. According to the National Weather Service, a temperature of -30 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at their Limon station on January 16. This is the lowest all-time temperature that has been recorded at the station, with the previous record being -28 degrees. That prior record was first set on February 14, 2021 and tied last Monday. That being said, -30 degrees has never been recorded by the station since records began in 1948. This new record is a bit different than other records that have fallen in recent days, as other records that have been addressed were records based on the singular date, not 'all-time.' READ FULL ARTICLE ON DENVERGAZETTE.CO...
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge on homelessness ordinance ban
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge on homelessness ordinance ban

By Kenneth Schrupp, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE (The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a landmark challenge to an earlier ruling preventing enforcement of anti-camping ordinances — a challenge that was supported by a broad coalition of Republican and Democratic leaders, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “California has invested billions to address homelessness, but rulings from the bench have tied the hands of state and local governments to address this issue,” said Newsom in a statement. “The Supreme Court can now correct course and end the costly delays from lawsuits that have plagued our efforts to clear encampments and deliver services to those in need.” In 2023, Newsom filed an amicus brief supporting Supreme Court review of a...
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COLUMN: Biden and Democrats endanger the Republic
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COLUMN: Biden and Democrats endanger the Republic

BY MIKE ROSEN | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE In essence, Joe Biden kicked off his reelection campaign mumbling through a theatrically contrived speech in Valley Forge, Pa., arranged to coincide with the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, debacle at the U.S. Capitol. Staging this at the site of George Washington’s Revolutionary War headquarters in front of a backdrop of American flags, Biden shamefully misappropriated the father of our country as an implicit endorser of his reelection. Biden’s handlers seem convinced Donald Trump will be his opponent. The oft-repeated slogan of his tirade loaded with exaggerations, paranoia and demagoguery was that Trump was “a threat to democracy,” echoing the drumbeat Democrats, progressives, and the liberal media have long pounded. Biden equated Trum...
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Supreme Court may reel in US agency powers in fishing dispute
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Supreme Court may reel in US agency powers in fishing dispute

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Wednesday in a dispute involving a government-run program to monitor for overfishing of herring off New England's coast that gives its conservative majority a chance to further limit the regulatory powers of federal agencies. The justices are weighing appeals by two fishing companies of lower court rulings allowing the National Marine Fisheries Service to require commercial fishermen to help fund the program. The companies - led by New Jersey-based Loper Bright Enterprises and Rhode Island-based Relentless Inc - have argued that Congress did not authorize the agency, part of the U.S. Commerce Department, to establish the program. Arguments were ongoing. ...
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As Trump’s rise sparks isolationist worries among US allies, Americans focus on home turf
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As Trump’s rise sparks isolationist worries among US allies, Americans focus on home turf

By Jason Lange | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Donald Trump strengthens his lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, some U.S. allies are worried about an American turn toward isolationism, a shift that would reflect an electorate largely focused on domestic issues. That was shown in polling in Iowa where Trump scored an overwhelming victory on Monday, with foreign policy the top issue for just one in 10 participants in the state's caucus, according to a poll by Edison Research. That compared to four in 10 who said the economy was No. 1 and three in 10 who pointed to immigration. National polling provides a similar picture. When Americans have cited matters involving foreigners as the country's top problem, they most often have referred to im...
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