State Dinner Crashers Met President Obama

Colorado ranchers are renewing their demand for state wildlife officials to delay the release of more wolves until they finalize more programs to prevent attacks on livestock. Ranchers on Thursday formally asked Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners to delay the releases — expected in early January — to prevent communication issues and depredations similar to those that happened after the first wolves were reintroduced in December 2023 as part of the voter-mandated program. “CPW needs more time,” Tim Ritschard, president of the Middle Park Stockgrowers Association, told commissioners during their meeting. The Middle Park Stockgrowers and 26 other livestock and agricultural producers first filed their petition to delay the next release on Sept.

Robert F. Kennedy. Matt Gaetz. Pete Hegseth. The flurry of announcements this week from Donald Trump revealing his planned cabinet for a second term have drawn stunned responses across the federal government. In the intelligence community, the alarm has focused on Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to be the next Director of National Intelligence.

By COLLIN BINKLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s vision for education revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “ wokeness ” and “left-wing indoctrination.” The president-elect wants to forbid classroom lessons on gender identity and structural racism. He wants to abolish diversity and inclusion offices. He wants to keep transgender athletes out of girls’ sports. Throughout his campaign, the Republican depicted schools as a political battleground to be won back from the left.

By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will there be any room for dissent in the U. S. Congress? Trump is laying down a gauntlet even before taking office challenging the Senate, in particular, to dare defy him over the nominations of Matt Gaetz, Robert F.

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