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Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on...

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.

Democratic socialist topples 15-term Denver incumbent

Melat Kiros’ defeat of Rep. Diana DeGette marks another insurgent win for the party’s left wing and a warning to entrenched Democrats.

Trump DOJ escalates attack on Colorado gun laws with lawsuits targeting...

The Justice Department has launched a sweeping legal challenge against two major Colorado gun-control laws, escalating a broader effort by the Trump administration to dismantle firearm restrictions enacted by Democratic-led states and cities in response to decades of mass shootings.

Supreme Court opens door to conversion therapy in free speech ruling

In an 8-1 decision, the Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, prioritizing a therapist’s First Amendment claim over state efforts to restrict a practice rejected by major medical organizations.

Thousands picket as historic strike grips Colorado meatpacking giant

With roughly 3,800 union workers walking off the job, the dispute threatens to effect grocery stores and dinner tables across the country.

Colorado voters approve wealth tax measures to guarantee free school meals...

Colorado voters passed Propositions MM and LL to secure universal free school meals and strengthen SNAP administration by raising taxes on households earning at least $300,000.

When rhetoric meets crisis: Trump’s retribution threat after Kirk’s killing and...

In the hours after Charlie Kirk was killed at a Utah campus, President Donald Trump blamed the “radical left” and vowed retribution—just as a Colorado high school shooting left three teens in critical condition. Progressive leaders condemned Kirk’s murder and warned against inflaming tensions while data show extremist violence is overwhelmingly right-wing.

Federal judge’s ruling vacates Fish and Wildlife Service’s denial of petition...

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it denied a petition for protection last year.

Exxon and Suncor lose bid to escape Boulder’s climate change lawsuit

A Colorado judge rejects ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy’s attempts to dismiss a lawsuit holding them accountable for climate change-related damages.

US Supreme Court reverses Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to ban Trump...

The 13-page opinion reversed Colorado's Supreme Court ruling that Trump was ineligible to appear on the ballot under Section 3.

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The Melrose Gate at Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles. Photo: Chris Brown (zoonabar) / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
The Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. Photo: Another Believer / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy

The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: FEMA/Bill Koplitz, via Wikimedia Commons

The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...

If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
A press briefing at the White House. Photo: The White House

Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico

The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
The Knesset, Israel's parliament building, in Jerusalem. Photo: Gary Todd, via Wikimedia Commons

Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?

New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.