WATCH: CU President Benson on his plans to step down
University of Colorado President Bruce Benson this week announced that he will retire in July 2019 after serving as president for the past decade.
Benson sat down with Kyle Clark and discussed running a university as a businessman, if Benson thinks his successor should come from within, and what it’s like being a conservative.
Welcome to the jungle: Nancy Pelosi retirement sets off race to fill Democratic titan’s shoes
Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner
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Updated 32 minutes ago
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) retirement will open up her San Francisco-based House seat for the first time in decades, with eyes already turning to state Democrats to see who will jump into the jungle primary to replace the political powerhouse. Pelosi, who announced her...
Supreme Court could save Trump by overturning his tariffs
Tiana Lowe Doescher Washington Examiner
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Updated 34 minutes ago
When President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tariff regime finally faced its day in front of the Supreme Court, justices were skeptical. The Nov. 5 arguments revealed significant doubts about the administration’s signature policy, straddling the international and domestic realms. Justices appeared...
Did anyone win the US-Canada trade and tariff war?
Dave Gordon, Washington Examiner
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Updated 37 minutes ago
TORONTO — Despite an already frayed relationship between the United States and Canada, President Donald Trump recently abruptly ended trade talks with the Great White North and imposed a 10% tariff on it. The move came after the province of Ontario...
DHS boasts of ‘lowest border crossings in October history’
Christopher Tremoglie Washington Examiner
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Updated 39 minutes ago
The Department of Homeland Security boasted of a historic start for the 2026 fiscal year regarding the number of illegal border crossings into the country. Data compiled by the DHS revealed that the U.S. had a record-low number of border...
Suspicious package with white powder leaves multiple people ill at Joint Base Andrews
Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner
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Updated 51 minutes ago
Multiple people reportedly felt ill after opening a suspicious package delivered to Joint Base Andrews on Thursday. The delivery reportedly contained a white powdery substance. Officials at the base evacuated a building after the package was opened, and multiple people...
Congressional Budget Office says it was hacked in ‘security incident’
Molly Parks, Washington Examiner
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Updated 55 minutes ago
The Congressional Budget Office confirmed Thursday that it was compromised by a hack. “The Congressional Budget Office has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further...
DOJ appeals judge’s order forcing the release of grand jury materials in Comey case
Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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Updated 57 minutes ago
The Justice Department moved Thursday to block a federal magistrate judge’s order requiring prosecutors to immediately turn over grand jury materials in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick stunned prosecutors Wednesday when...
Trump administration seeks to block court order for full SNAP payments in November
David A. Lieb
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Updated 1 hour ago
BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP food benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said...
Another translocated wolf dies in Colorado, bringing total to 12
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 7 minutes ago
Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Friday morning that another British Columbia wolf, a female with the tag 2506, died in southwest Colorado. No cause of death was announced. A necropsy will be performed by U.S. Fish & Wildlife. The exact...
DIA to cut flights until government shutdown ends
Deborah Grigsby
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Updated 2 hours ago
Denver International Airport will reduce its flights by up to 10% while the government shutdown persists. The news comes after the Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it would be reducing air traffic across 40 “high-volume” markets, as air traffic...