Denver runoff election: A last-minute voter guide

Election Day for the Denver municipal runoff election is June 6. Ballots must be received by 7 p.m. (it’s now too late to mail them back). Find information about ballot drop-off box and vote center locations here. Here is recent coverage of the runoff races by The Denver Post: Denver mayor • Big dreams and big promises — but can […]

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House Passes Debt Ceiling Bill With Big Majority

The House of Representatives passed with overwhelming majority a bill to suspend the United States’ debt limit through January 1, 2025. The Bill needs to be passed by the Senate to avert a first-ever default ahead of June 5 deadline given by the Treasury Department. The debt ceiling is a spending limit stipulated by Congress which determines how much money […]

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North Korea's First Space Satellite Launch Fails

North Korea’s attempted launch of a military monitoring space satellite has failed on Wednesday. The reclusive Communist nation’ first space satellite crashed into the sea due to technical error of the second stage of the rocket, according to Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). “The new satellite vehicle rocket, Chollima-1, crashed into the West Sea as it lost propulsion due to […]

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In Iowa, DeSantis Signals the Start of a Slugfest With Trump

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida came to Iowa for his first trip as a presidential candidate and made plain that he was done being Donald J. Trump’s punching bag. After absorbing months of attacks from Mr. Trump that went mostly unanswered, Mr. DeSantis has borrowed one of his rival’s favorite lines — “I’m going to counterpunch” — and jabbed back. […]

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House on track to raise debt ceiling and avert default, with Biden and McCarthy confident of passage – The Denver Post

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The debt ceiling and budget cuts package that would avert a federal default headed toward House passage late Wednesday as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent. The hard-fought […]

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