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Jesse Paul
Jesse Paul is a former Denver Post reporter. He left in 2018.
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Mike Coffman says Trump’s CNN tweet is “exactly what I meant when I said #StopTheTwitterTantrums”
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman continued calling for Donald Trump to ease up on his Twitter postings, responding to the president's controversial CNN post on Sunday by saying it was "exactly...

Mike Coffman to meet with Russian ambassador about Littleton police officer who went missing during Mount Elbrus ascent
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman says he will meet Friday with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. about missing Littleton police officer Steven Beare, who disappeared while ascending a mountain in the...

30 percent of Colorado voters 50 and older support House-passed health care bill, AARP survey finds
Roughly three in 10 likely voters in Colorado age 50 or older support the U.S. House-passed version of the American Health Care Act, according to a poll released Thursday by...

Cory Gardner — who Pyongyang called a psychopath — wants North Korea deemed a terrorism sponsor after Otto Warmbier’s death
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on Wednesday called for a tough response to North Korea in the wake of Otto Warmbier’s death this week, specifically saying that the regime of Kim...

“People who have HIV are going to suffer,” says Denver professor who left presidential HIV/AIDS council in protest of Trump
A Denver professor who along with five others last week quit the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS in protest of Donald Trump said people with the virus "are going to...

Canyons of the Ancients not “currently” under priority review by Interior Department, Secretary Zinke tells Cory Gardner
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is not "currently" a priority for review by the Interior Department, the agency's chief told U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on Tuesday.

Scott Tipton to hold telephone town hall next week
U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton will hold a telephone town hall next week.

Hickenlooper on CNN says GOP working behind closed doors on health care bill is “kind of crazy”
Gov. John Hickenlooper, in an appearance on CNN Monday night with his Republican Ohio counterpart, Gov. John Kasich, said GOP senators need to work across party lines and stop drafting...

Cynthia and Mike Coffman have filed for divorce after 12 years of marriage
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman filed for divorce over the weekend, according to a spokeswoman for the pair, splitting after roughly a dozen years of...

Man paralyzed during body camera-taped encounter with La Junta police settles federal lawsuit
Donovan Duran, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a December 2015 encounter with two La Junta police officers, has reached a settlement in his federal lawsuit against the southeast...