Mark K. Matthews

In this Nov. 21, 2013 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, dawn arrives at the now closed Camp X-Ray, which was used as the first detention facility for al-Qaida and Taliban militants who were captured after the Sept. 11 attacks, at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

Cory Gardner calls for inquiry of funds used to scout U.S. sites for Guantanamo detainees

September 29, 2016 at 10:33 a.m.

Gardner asks a federal watchdog to investigate whether the Obama administration illegally spent money to study mainland U.S. sites where the White House might transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Construction continues on the new VA Hospital in Aurora

VA offers partial response to Congress, leaves big questions unanswered

September 29, 2016 at 11:44 p.m.

Responding to a subpoena request from Congress, the VA this week turned over some -- but not all -- of its investigative findings into a Colorado hospital that blew its...

New poll finds Colorado in dead heat between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

September 26, 2016 at 4:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Poll results released Monday show Colorado is up-for-grabs ahead of the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

New bill by Ed Perlmutter would spur purchase of data-breach insurance

September 23, 2016 at 4:26 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter wants more companies to buy insurance in case of data breaches -- similar to the massive one that just struck Yahoo -- and he鈥檚 proposing a...

VA warned repeatedly about cost overruns of $1.7 billion Aurora hospital

September 22, 2016 at 9:08 a.m.

A cost overrun of more than $1 billion at the聽VA hospital under construction in Aurora was聽the fault of agency officials who ignored repeated warnings about its price and went ahead...

Colorado veteran’s suicide prompts call for investigation into VA wait times

September 20, 2016 at 6:46 p.m.

Two U.S. senators are calling for an investigation into wait times at VA facilities in Colorado following the suicide of a 26-year-old U.S. Army Ranger who did not receive PTSD...

Parent of Colorado drug abuser attends White House meeting

September 19, 2016 at 11:53 p.m.

Colorado woman whose daughter has struggled for years with drug addiction met Monday with Obama administration officials to聽discuss聽federal efforts to counteract a narcotics epidemic that authorities have described as an...

Joe Coors Jr., the eldest in the fourth generation of the Coors family, dies at 74

September 16, 2016 at 11:56 p.m.

Joe Coors Jr., the eldest in the fourth generation of the Coors family, who ran for Congress against Ed Perlmutter in 2012 and lost, has died. He was 74 years...

Rep. Mike Coffman is disputing a mailer's assertion that he supports Donald Trump.

Mailer about Donald Trump sparks fight in Mike Coffman, Morgan Carroll race

September 15, 2016 at 6:59 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman on Thursday demanded that a major Democratic booster stop sending Colorado voters an attack piece about him because he says the political mailer inaccurately describes his...

Lost coal jobs fuel debate in Gail Schwartz-Scott Tipton race on Western Slope

September 12, 2016 at 10:27 p.m.

Hard times for Colorado鈥檚 coal industry have become a flashpoint in the fight for the state鈥檚 3rd Congressional District, with Republican Scott Tipton and Democrat Gail Schwartz trading barbs over...

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