National Politics

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., wraps up a news conference on President Donald Trump’s bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mike Johnson downplays Musk’s influence and says Republicans will pass Trump’s tax and budget bill

By The Associated Press

June 8, 2025 at 11:39 a.m.

With an uncharacteristically feistiness, Speaker Mike Johnson took clear sides Sunday in President Donald Trump’s...

Alycia Campbell, second from left, shares her story with other participants during a New American Leaders political training session at 2nd Home Community in Aurora on Friday, March 7, 2025. Since 2010, New American Leaders remains the only national, nonpartisan organization focused on bringing first- and second-generation immigrants into politics. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

‘New Americans’ are winning elections in Colorado. Other immigrants want to follow suit.

By Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton

June 3, 2025 at 11:58 a.m.

What's happening in Colorado in part of a growing trend to incorporate more diverse perspectives...

Gov. Jared Polis, center, stands for a photo during a press conference at the Boulder Theatre to announce that the Sundance Film Festival will be moving to Boulder, on Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

How Boulder politics, culture shaped Sundance Film Fest win over Utah and Ohio

By John Wenzel

May 29, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

"They want people to come and feel safe, and to be able to express themselves...

The motorcade of U.S. Vice President JD Vance is seen en route to Vatican, in Rome, Italy, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/Pool Photo via AP)

Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after tangle over migration, gets chocolate eggs for kids

By The Associated Press

April 20, 2025 at 10:51 a.m.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter...

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, DECEMBER 16, 2004--On ...

U.S. Air Force Academy, Army libraries ordered to review books for DEI material

By Lolita C. Baldor

April 16, 2025 at 8:26 a.m.

The Air Force memo directs the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado, to review...

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump goes with his gut and the world goes along for the ride

By The Associated Press

April 13, 2025 at 10:35 a.m.

Trump has not only expansively flexed the powers of the presidency by declaring emergencies and...

Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance, speaks during a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing on America's Energy and Mineral potential, Feb. 8, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Land Management withdraws nomination as Jan. 6 criticism surfaces

By Lauren Penington

April 10, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

Kathleen Sgamma, the president of the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance, withdrew her nomination to lead...

President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them “medicine” as markets reel

By The Associated Press

April 6, 2025 at 9:27 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he won’t back down on his sweeping tariffs on...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 25, 2025. Johnson on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that new lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the birth of a child, suffering an embarrassing defeat that signaled that the proposal could soon be adopted. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Johnson fails to kill bipartisan measure to allow proxy voting for new parents

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

April 1, 2025 at 3:40 p.m.

After the vote, Johnson abruptly canceled votes for the rest of the week, sending members...

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 28, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president

By The Associated Press

March 31, 2025 at 6:57 a.m.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that “I’m not joking” about trying to serve a third...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight.

By The Associated Press

March 30, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

The executive order directed at one of the country’s most prestigious law firms followed a...

President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony for Alina Habba as interim US Attorney General for New Jersey, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Trump’s promised “Liberation Day” of tariffs is coming. Here’s what it could mean for you.

By The Associated Press

March 30, 2025 at 2:53 p.m.

President Donald Trump says Wednesday will be “Liberation Day” — a moment when he plans...

Christopher Nicklin, center, with friends Brandon Kramer, left, and Clint Denison, right, takes a photo of the portrait of President Donald Trump that hangs on a wall in the rotunda on the third floor of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on March 24, 2025. The portraits of Trump and President Barack Obama were painted by Sarah Boardman. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Trump’s portrait at Colorado Capitol to come down after president complains it was “purposefully distorted”

By Lauren Penington

March 24, 2025 at 5:57 p.m.

The portrait was paid for with a Republican-led fundraising effort and approved by Colorado Republicans...