By JACQUES BILLEAUD, JONATHAN J. COOPER and JOSH KELETY, Associated Press Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press file Jenna Ellis, a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump’s chief … Read more
Nine years ago, one of Silverthorne’s few income-restricted housing properties was sold to a private firm. The sale — at a price that was double the property’s assessed value — raised worries in the high-cost mountain community that the new owner of the Blue River Apartments might lift rent caps that had kept its 78 … Read more
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and his elder son are no longer members of the country’s ruling party after they endorsed presidential election winner Prabowo Subianto over the PDI-P’s candidate, according to a party official. Prabowo, who serves as defence minister in Widodo’s cabinet, won the February election with Widodo’s son Gibran Rakabuming Raka picked as … Read more
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law Monday that officially eliminates most restrictions on how many unrelated roommates can live together in Colorado. House Bill 1007 prohibits local governments from enacting occupancy limits, which Polis and other critics of the policy have derided as discriminatory and outdated. Roughly two dozen Colorado cities have such … Read more
Russia-friendly Prime Minister Robert Fico will cement his grip on power in Slovakia after an ally who backs his plans to overhaul the judiciary and wrest control over public media won the presidential election. Peter Pellegrini, a former prime minister and member of Fico’s ruling coalition, got 53.2 per cent of the vote, while Ivan … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a long-time aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle, while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight. Zelensky dismissed top aide Serhiy Shefir from his post of first assistant, where he had served since 2019. The Ukrainian president also let go three advisers, and two presidential representatives overseeing volunteer … Read more
Low-income Coloradans with mental illnesses are poised to receive longer hospital stays after state legislators set aside money to expand a decades-old Medicaid rule. Federal law requires that Medicaid patients hospitalized in psychiatric facilities be discharged after 15 hospital days in a month or the facility doesn’t get paid. The rule was intended to prevent … Read more
With so much going for Joe Biden – the US economy is strong, inflation is falling, crime is dropping and his GOP opponent Donald Trump is about to stand trial on criminal charges in New York, the US president would expect to see a reward in the polls. Finally, it may have come. Biden has … Read more
Colorado lawmakers are now exempt from parts of the state’s open-meetings law after Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill that legalizes longstanding practices challenged by transparency advocates. Polis signed SB24-157 into law with immediate effect on Tuesday, a day after the bill cleared the House and a month after the measure was first introduced by … Read more
Joe Biden is one of the most unpopular presidents in modern American history. In Gallup polling, his approval ratings are lower than those of any president embarking on a reelection campaign, from Dwight Eisenhower to Donald Trump. Yet an air of mystery hangs around his lousy polling numbers. As The Washington Free Beacon’s Joe Simonson … Read more
