LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Offering hugs and humor, President Joe Biden comforted Coloradans grappling with rebuilding homes and businesses that were destroyed last week by a rare wind-whipped, winter fire that burned through a pair of heavily populated…
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Supreme Court justices challenge Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on businesses
With a fervent eye on omicron and the surging number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, the Supreme Court struggled Friday with whether the Biden administration can try to slow the virus through an unprecedented set of workplace vaccine mandate…
Army reverses reprimand for ex-National Guard officer who attended Black Lives Matter protest
An Army review board has sided with a former Colorado Army National Guard officer who was reprimanded by his superiors after writing an opinion piece about his participation in a Black Lives Matter protest. Capt. Alan Kennedy, now in the U.S. Army Rese…
Cyber Ninjas hangs up the digital nunchucks
The group hired to perform a controversial “audit” of the 2020 presidential election results that favored Democrat Joe Biden in Maricopa County, Arizona, is closing down, according to published reports. State officials contracted the Florid…
New GOP leaders say Virginia to join vax mandate challenges
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia will join other Republican-led states and business groups in challenging Biden administration mandates intended to increase the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate once GOP Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin and Attorney Gene…
In omicron outbreak, US governors lose appetite for mandates
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Governors took sweeping actions during earlier surges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many closed schools and ordered businesses shut down. They issued mask mandates, vaccine requirements and even quarantines in some places for people …
Outgoing Virginia AG rules state can’t revoke Equal Rights Amendment ratification
Virginia’s legislature cannot rescind its ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring said in an opinion this week, acting just days before he leaves office. Mr. Herring said the C…
White House awards first contracts, will ship free COVID-19 tests by mid-January, says report
The White House is reportedly finalizing plans with the U.S. Postal Services to begin shipping 500 million coronavirus tests to households for free in January. President Biden touted the plan around the holidays, but key aspects of it were missing, inc…
Lee Chatfield, Michigan Republican, accused of molesting 14-year-old
LANSING, Mich. — State police in northern Michigan were investigating Thursday after a woman accused former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield of sexually assaulting her multiple times, beginning when she was about 14 years old. The accuser, now 2…
Republicans accuse Democrats, media of exploiting Jan. 6 riot
Republicans accused Democrats and the mainstream media Thursday of weaponizing the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol attack, wielding the riot by supporters of former President Donald Trump as a cudgel to demonize Trump voters while looking the oth…