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Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departure from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from Colorado ballot agrees to order banning threats, intimidation

September 22, 2023 at 2:01 p.m.

The Colorado judge overseeing the first significant lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the state鈥檚 2024 presidential ballot on Friday issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation...

Dave Williams speaks during a debate for the state Republican Party leadership

Colorado GOP selects combative, election-denying new leader

March 11, 2023 at 9:17 p.m.

The Colorado Republican Party on Saturday selected a combative former state representative who promised to be a "wartime" leader as its new chairman, joining several other state GOPs this year...

Jenna Ellis, a former member of then-President Donald Trump's legal team, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. Ellis has been formally censured by a judge after admitting she made repeated misstatements about the 2020 presidential election. Jenna Ellis acknowledged making 10 separate false statements on television and Twitter about the election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis censured by Colorado legal officials for falsehoods about election

March 9, 2023 at 1:12 p.m.

A former lawyer for Donald Trump's reelection campaign has been formally censured by a judge after admitting she made repeated misstatements about the 2020 presidential election. Jenna Ellis acknowledged making...

Tucker Carlson, left, and former President Donald Trump, talk while watching golfers on the 16th tee during the final round of the LIV Golf Invitational at Trump National in Bedminster, N.J., July 31, 2022. A defamation lawsuit against Fox News is revealing blunt behind-the-scenes opinions by its top figures about Donald Trump, including a Tucker Carlson text message where he said “I hate him passionately.” Carlson’s private conversation was revealed in court papers at virtually the same time as the former president was hailing the Fox News host on social media for a “great job” for using U.S. Capitol security video to produce a false narrative of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Tucker Carlson鈥檚 scorn for Trump revealed in court papers

March 8, 2023 at 1:40 p.m.

The defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a voting machine company is revealing some bluntly negative behind-the-scenes Fox attitudes toward Donald Trump. One text message from Fox prime-time host Tucker...

Candidate for the Colorado Republican Party chair position Tina Peters speaks during a debate sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Failing at polls, election deniers 鈥� including Colorado’s Tina Peters 鈥� focus on state GOP posts

February 27, 2023 at 8:57 a.m.

In a basement event space in the Denver suburb of Parker, Tina Peters surveyed a crowd of Colorado Republicans last week and made an unusual pitch for why she should...

A migrant looks through donated clothes at a makeshift shelter in Denver, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Over the past month, nearly 4,000 immigrants, almost all Venezuelans, have arrived unannounced in the frigid city, with nowhere to stay and sometimes wearing T-shirts and flip-flops. In response, Denver converted three recreation centers into emergency shelters for migrants and paid for families with children to stay at hotels, allocating $3 million to deal with the influx. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Border pressures migrate north as Venezuelans head to Denver

January 9, 2023 at 12:59 p.m.

Denver has been overwhelmed by an unexpected surge in mostly Venezuelan migrants. The immigrants have crossed the border and taken buses north, usually from El Paso.

FILE – A voter drops off her ballot at a drop box, Nov. 7, 2022, in Mesa, Ariz. Fears of aggressive poll watchers sowing chaos at polling stations or conservative groups trying to intimidate votes didn’t materialize on Election Day as many election officials and voting rights experts had feared. Voting proceeded smoothly across most of the U.S., with a few exceptions of scattered disruptions. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Midterms free of feared chaos as voting experts look to 2024

November 25, 2022 at 7:10 a.m.

Before Election Day, anxiety mounted over potential chaos at the polls.

Wind blows snow at Camp Hale on Thursday Jan. 14, 2021. (Denver Post file photo)

Colorado Democrats call for new national monument in Rockies

August 28, 2022 at 1:27 p.m.

Top Colorado Democrats on Friday asked President Joe Biden to declare a new national monument in the heart of their state's Rocky Mountains.

Parroting Trump, GOP primary losers cast doubt on elections

July 17, 2022 at 12:28 p.m.

It was no shock that state Rep. Ron Hanks and Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters handily lost their recent Republican primaries in Colorado for U.S. Senate and secretary of state.

Biden鈥檚 approval dips to lowest of presidency, according to poll

May 20, 2022 at 12:18 p.m.

President Joe Biden’s approval rating dipped to the lowest point of his presidency in May, a new poll shows, with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic Party.

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