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by: Ashley Murray

The next act for the No Kings movement: early voting in the midterms
The next act for the No Kings movement: early voting in the midterms

WASHINGTON — The No Kings movement that has brought millions to the streets across the United States three times since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term is staging its next event at the polls. Organizers across hundreds of advocacy groups will pull together thousands of events nationwide Saturday

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 09:26PM

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by: Katie McKellar

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from moving Forest Service headquarters to Utah
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from moving Forest Service headquarters to Utah

A federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling blocking the Trump administration from moving the U.S. Forest Service’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City while the rest of the lawsuit over the relocation plays out in court. In the order signed Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, in

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 09:05PM

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by: Patrick Lohmann

New Mexico Dem governor nominee Haaland’s fundraising advantage grows heading into Election Day
New Mexico Dem governor nominee Haaland’s fundraising advantage grows heading into Election Day

New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland continued her fundraising dominance over Republican opponent Gregg Hull with fewer than three weeks until the Nov. 3 general election, new campaign reports show.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 08:30PM

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by: Shauneen Miranda, Ariana Figueroa, Ashley Murray, Jonathan Shorman

Democrats aiming for control of Congress vow action on healthcare, cost of living, Iran war
Democrats aiming for control of Congress vow action on healthcare, cost of living, Iran war

WASHINGTON — Democrats are touting an ambitious legislative agenda centered on affordability and accountability if they take back the U.S. House or Senate — or both — in November. A slew of pressing policy debates are on tap for Democrats, including healthcare, immigration, voting rights, the war in Iran, oversight,

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 08:14PM

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by: Joshua Bowling

New Mexico Dem US Rep. Stansbury debates 1st Congressional District GOP challenger Okpareke
New Mexico Dem US Rep. Stansbury debates 1st Congressional District GOP challenger Okpareke

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) faced Republican pharmacist and political newcomer Ndidiamaka “Didi” Okpareke in a televised debate Tuesday evening where, aside from ending the war in Iran and slowing data center growth in New Mexico, the two candidates found little room for agreements.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 07:12PM

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by: Jonathan Shorman

Trump’s DOJ demands California halt ballots to suspected noncitizens
Trump’s DOJ demands California halt ballots to suspected noncitizens

The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding California not count ballots from voters it says are suspected noncitizens, a move by the Trump administration to apply last-minute pressure as voting begins in the midterm elections. The Justice Department on Tuesday gave California election officials 48 hours to remove voters on

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 06:57PM

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by: Camilla Simon

The Fix Our Forests Act builds on years of wildfire lessons
The Fix Our Forests Act builds on years of wildfire lessons

The executive director of Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors says proposed federal legislation will help New Mexico build on work done to protect the forests from wildfires.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 06:47PM

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by: Matt Mondschein

New Mexico lawmakers grapple with proposal to help retirees combat soaring inflation
New Mexico lawmakers grapple with proposal to help retirees combat soaring inflation

Amid rising inflation, the New Mexico organization that manages public employee retirement plans on Tuesday proposed a $250 million appropriation for ‘short term’ cost-of-living adjustment relief for retirees.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 06:28PM

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by: Bryce Dix, KUNM News

Feds say New Mexico’s lobos are ‘nonessential’
Feds say New Mexico’s lobos are ‘nonessential’

Ever since their reintroduction in the late 90s, wild Mexican wolves — a rare subspecies of gray wolf in the Southwest — have been labeled “nonessential” to the species’ overall survival by the federal government. Conservationists objected in front of a panel of judges Tuesday.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 05:27PM

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by: Tim Henderson

Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%
Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%

Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already fed up with higher prices, September’s number was the highest

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 04:54PM

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by: Ariana Figueroa

Nonpartisan government watchdog recommends automated activation of ICE body cameras
Nonpartisan government watchdog recommends automated activation of ICE body cameras

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection need to improve oversight and guidance for federal immigration officers’ use of body-worn cameras, according to a Wednesday report from independent federal investigators. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security, however, resisted a recommendation in the report

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 04:42PM

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by: States Newsroom staff

Social Security benefits increase will hit 3.6% in 2027
Social Security benefits increase will hit 3.6% in 2027

WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, recipients beginning on Dec. 31. Some

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 04:16PM

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by: Julia Goldberg

New Mexico AG, Secretary of State issue voter advisory for Nov. 3 general election
New Mexico AG, Secretary of State issue voter advisory for Nov. 3 general election

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Tuesday issued a voter advisory in advance of the Nov. 3 general election reinforcing practical information and voter rights. The advisory comes amid ongoing concerns by states about federal interference during the midterm elections.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 02:40PM

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by: Ashley Murray, Jane Norman

Trump administration appeals judge’s order blocking White House ban of 3 news outlets
Trump administration appeals judge’s order blocking White House ban of 3 news outlets

WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday extended a block on a Trump administration ban of press passes for three news organizations, which will allow them to continue to enter the White House grounds while a legal challenge to the ban, including a Wednesday appeal filed by the administration, plays

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 11:44AM

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by: David Montgomery

With fewer public defenders, indigent defendants pay the price
With fewer public defenders, indigent defendants pay the price

AUSTIN, Texas — It was a good day for the defense. Standing in front of a judge in Austin’s Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, attorney Matthew Shrum secured a ruling that spared his client from serious punishment on a shoplifting charge. In the hallway immediately afterward, the defendant thanked Shrum with

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 11:43AM

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by: Joshua Bowling

New Mexico AG finds ‘substantial share’ of Project Jupiter public comments raise concerns
New Mexico AG finds ‘substantial share’ of Project Jupiter public comments raise concerns

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez in a Wednesday letter to New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney said that a “substantial share” of public comments on the pending air quality permit application for the Project Jupiter data center were “not sent by members of the public acting on their

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 11:07PM

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by: Patrick Lohmann

New Mexico AG concludes setting aside hunting tags for outfitters unconstitutional
New Mexico AG concludes setting aside hunting tags for outfitters unconstitutional

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Tuesday released a formal opinion that concludes an existing state policy reserving 10% of hunting tags for hunters who contract with private outfitters is unconstitutional and unfairly benefits wealthy, out-of-state sportsmen over local residents.

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 10:15PM

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by: Matt Mondschein

Geothermal energy projects in New Mexico receive $17.3M in state funding
Geothermal energy projects in New Mexico receive $17.3M in state funding

Four geothermal energy projects across New Mexico recently received more than $17 million to evaluate potential “hot spots” across the state. Results are expected next year, and if data is promising, private developers could start plans for more geothermal plants in the state, according to a top state energy official.

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 09:16PM

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by: Joshua Bowling

New Mexico lawsuit against vape retailers awaits hearing as lawmakers mull industry regulations
New Mexico lawsuit against vape retailers awaits hearing as lawmakers mull industry regulations

In a public hearing on Tuesday, New Mexico state Sen. Martin Hickey (D-Albuquerque) likened the state’s ongoing litigation against vape retailers and distributors to the decades-old struggle to convict Al Capone and his gang of “untouchables.”

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 08:28PM

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by: Sofia Resnick

‘Labor guides’ can help dispel myths pregnant women find online
‘Labor guides’ can help dispel myths pregnant women find online

Providing “labor guides” to pregnant women helps combat misinformation that an increasing number of patients are getting from social media or artificial intelligence, according to a recent study. Dr. Samuel Melville, a resident-physician in obstetrics and gynecology at Oregon Health & Science University and the lead author of the study,

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 07:45PM

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by: Jonathan Shorman

Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It’s mostly failed.
Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It’s mostly failed.

Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge. The blistering court decision comes after the Department of Justice pressured or sued states for their voters’

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 06:01PM

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by: Patrick Lohmann

US House Speaker Johnson returns to New Mexico for GOP congressional hopeful’s fundraiser
US House Speaker Johnson returns to New Mexico for GOP congressional hopeful’s fundraiser

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made his second New Mexico visit Monday evening in support of Republican Greg Cunningham, where he led a fundraiser in Las Cruces in the final stretch of the closely watched 2nd Congressional District race.

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 04:16PM

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by: Shauneen Miranda

Students to compete in civics bee championship in nation’s capital, carried on C-SPAN
Students to compete in civics bee championship in nation’s capital, carried on C-SPAN

WASHINGTON — As partisan tensions rise in advance of the fast-approaching midterm elections, students will test their knowledge Wednesday in a field that’s long enjoyed bipartisan support: civics. Fifty-two middle school students hailing from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and American Samoa, will compete at the third annual National Civics

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 04:02PM

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by: Shalina Chatlani

Trump immigration policies could turn away much-needed foreign doctors, critics say
Trump immigration policies could turn away much-needed foreign doctors, critics say

As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were educated abroad. But they make up an even larger

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 02:32PM

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by: Patrick Lohmann

New Mexico US Sen. Heinrich touts bipartisan permitting reform bill amid environmentalist criticism
New Mexico US Sen. Heinrich touts bipartisan permitting reform bill amid environmentalist criticism

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) on Monday held back-to-back meetings in Albuquerque with labor leaders, manufacturers and renewable energy companies to tout his new, bipartisan permitting reform bill, which has drawn criticism from local and national environmental advocacy groups. Heinrich, who serves as the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate’s

Published: Monday, October 12, 2026 10:00PM

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by: Matt Mondschein

New Mexico officials, program leaders rebuke proposed Head Start federal rollback
New Mexico officials, program leaders rebuke proposed Head Start federal rollback

New Mexico’s congressional delegation, Attorney General Raúl Torrez and state program leaders have all denounced the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the Head Start program, which they argue would illegally modify and weaken program services. The proposal would increase staff-to-child ratios, require English-only instruction and lower the cap on administrative

Published: Monday, October 12, 2026 08:23PM

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by: Jacob Fischler

US senators from both parties blast Trump order to import Russian diesel as illegal
US senators from both parties blast Trump order to import Russian diesel as illegal

The Trump administration’s order to allow import of Russian diesel violates a 2022 law banning Russian energy imports while the country’s war with Ukraine is ongoing, according to a bipartisan group of U.S. senators. Following an Oct. 9 call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S.

Published: Monday, October 12, 2026 08:16PM

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by: Ashley Murray

US House Dem leaders condemn Homeland Security raid on home of Rep. Ilhan Omar
US House Dem leaders condemn Homeland Security raid on home of Rep. Ilhan Omar

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the U.S. House condemned a “deeply disturbing” raid early Monday at the District of Columbia home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who has long been a target of verbal attacks by President Donald Trump and Republicans. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Democratic

Published: Monday, October 12, 2026 08:16PM

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by: Amanda Watford

Researchers point to community violence programs, pandemic recovery in historic homicide decline
Researchers point to community violence programs, pandemic recovery in historic homicide decline

As candidates debate public safety ahead of the midterm elections, a new assessment of the nation’s historic homicide decline suggests there is no single explanation for the drop — and that some widely discussed enforcement strategies may have played little role. A survey of nearly 50 crime scholars convened by

Published: Monday, October 12, 2026 08:16PM

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by: Ariana Figueroa

Trump heads West in latest swing to bolster GOP in rocky lead-up to midterms
Trump heads West in latest swing to bolster GOP in rocky lead-up to midterms

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump this week will journey out West in an effort to galvanize support for Republican candidates three weeks before the midterm elections and convince voters to support his party amid low presidential approval ratings. As the deeply unpopular war in Iran enters month eight, resulting in

Published: Monday, October 12, 2026 06:52PM

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