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Thompson leads 13th District race, plans focus on costs, access
EPHRATA — Joshua Thompson led Deanna Martinez by 3,278 votes for the 13th Legislative District’s state representat…
US House hopefuls in New Mexico race unload dueling gun ads
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small and Republican challenger Yvette Herrell this week released dueling ads — with guns —aimed at appealing to rural voters in their swing, southern New…
Trump's convention blurs official business and politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Plenty of presidents have walked right up to the line separating official business from politics — or even stepped over it. President Donald Trump has blown past it with a bulldozer, and
Trump: Acting homeland security secretary will lead agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will nominate acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf for the top spot in the agency, rewarding a forceful advocate for administration policy whose l…
'Fighting for you': First lady makes her case for Trump vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump portrayed her husband as an authentic, uncompromising leader in a Rose Garden address as President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of the presiden…
US high court denies bid to restore Greens on Montana ballot
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an attempt by the Montana secretary of state to restore Green Party candidates to the November ballot — striking a blow to a Republican-bankrolled effor…
Trump's convention gives platform to some with fringe views
WASHINGTON (AP) — An advocate of “household voting” in which husbands get the final say. A woman who has argued that school sex ed programs are “grooming” children to be sexualized by predators like
Day 2 at GOP convention: a first lady, a pardon, Pompeo
WASHINGTON (AP) — A diverse collection of Donald Trump’s allies — his family, swing-state farmers and even a convicted bank robber — cast the president as the best hope for America's future Tuesday night as Republi…
US citizenship agency drops plan to furlough 70% of workers
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services canceled more than 13,000 employee furloughs Tuesday, averting a catastrophe for the cash-strapped agency that oversees the nation's legal immigration system…
State Supreme Court hears challenge on indoor dining ban
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state Supreme Court is weighing a challenge to New Mexico's pandemic-related ban on indoor dining, in the latest legal showdown between restive business owners and Democratic Gov. Michelle…
Abuse complaints decline sharply without school oversight
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A sharp decline in reports of child abuse and neglect in New Mexico at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic is prompting concerns that problems are going unnoticed while children stay home f…
Nevada to seek $300 weekly jobless aid, won't add $100
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is making plans to funnel $300 a week in federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds to out-of-work state residents, but won’t add $100 from the state, Gov. Steve Sisolak and state une…
Albuquerque police pull tweet denouncing Wisconsin shooting
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police have deleted a tweet that denounced the “senseless” shooting of a Black man by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police and expressed sympathy for his family.
Newhouse staff to visit Quincy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse announced dates for his staff’s August and September Mobile Office Hours in Washington’s 4th Congressional District, including a stop in Quincy. Mobile Office Hours are an oppor…
Albuquerque police pull tweet denouncing Wisconsin shooting
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police have deleted a tweet that denounced the “senseless” shooting of a Black man by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police and expressed sympathy for his family.
AP Analysis: Trump's convention aims to airbrush his tenure
WASHINGTON (AP) — At President Donald Trump’s Republican convention, he is welcoming to immigrants, not the architect of some of the nation’s harshest anti-immigration policies.