President Donald Trump defended a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis Wednesday, while congressional Democrats universally condemned the action. By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social

An ICE officer shot a woman driving an SUV through her car window in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. The person is dead, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security. From @minnesotareformer.com

Commentary: The 340B drug pricing program promise has been broken, and communities that were supposed to benefit most are the most hurt.

Trump is considering options to acquire Greenland, including possible military operations, the White House said, renewing a push for the Danish territory that follows the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Maduro without congressional approval over the weekend. By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social

Five years after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, the struggle to define the event and assign blame carried on in events across the city Tuesday that remained nonviolent, though still disturbing. By @fischler.bsky.social @ashleymurray.bsky.social

The Trump administration plans to freeze federal funding for child care and social service programs in five states, including Colorado. By @sarawilson.bsky.social

Colorado continues to recommend children receive six vaccinations despite the federal government switching its guidance on them. By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

Death of US House member from California narrows already slim GOP majority By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Hospital labor and delivery units are shuttering across the nation — including more than two dozen in 2025 alone. Freestanding birth centers help fill the gaps, but they too are struggling to stay open. At least three maternity service providers closed last year in Colorado. From @stateline.org

The Defense Department will attempt to downgrade Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement rank and pay, seeking to punish him for making a video along with other Democrats in Congress, including Colorado's Jason Crow, who told military members to refuse illegal orders. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Every single seat in the Colorado House of Representatives and about half of seats in the Colorado Senate will be on the ballot this year. Here are some of the contests to watch in the June primaries. By @sarawilson.bsky.social

President Donald Trump announced early Saturday that the United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a “large scale strike” against the South American nation, a stunning move conducted without congressional approval.

President Donald Trump announced this week that he will back off his plans to use National Guard troops in the Democratic-led cities of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.

Following the Trump administration’s last-minute order to a Colorado coal plant to postpone its scheduled retirement, the electricity provider that co-owns the plant is warning that the high costs of continuing to operate it will be shouldered by Colorado utility customers.

Colorado lawmakers in 2018 unanimously approved a law that was meant to speed up the release of eligible people behind bars when state prisons got too full. But the law hasn’t worked as intended since it was triggered for the first time in mid-2025.

Colorado at 150: How the state plans to celebrate its sesquicentennial

What was happening in Colorado on Jan. 1, 1876? Senior reporter @chasewoodruff.bsky.social explored historic newspapers to offer a window on the lives of residents 150 years ago. This story is part of Colorado at 150, a special Newsline reporting project to mark Colorado's 150th anniversary.

‘The Centennial morn’: How Colorado rang in 1876, the year of its statehood

President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a bill to help finish a water pipeline project in southeastern Colorado, a move roundly criticized by Democrats as another act of retaliation against the state over imprisoned former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters.

Called a traitor by Trump, Jason Crow understands military orders from years of combat leadership

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Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who served two terms representing Colorado in the Senate beginning in 1993, died Tuesday at 92.

The Trump administration will review frozen grants to universities without using its controversial standards that discouraged gender, race and sexual orientation initiatives and vaccine research.

Data shows over 3,000 arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Colorado through mid-October this year, as the Trump administration and federal government ramped up detention and deportation efforts. That's a fourfold increase over 2024.

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The end of calendar year 2025 is the deadline to meet the first of Colorado's statutory climate goals, a 26% reduction in statewide greenhouse gas emissions. The state will fall short of that goal.

Attorneys for Tina Peters this week asked the Colorado Court of Appeals to order that the former Mesa County clerk “must be released from custody forthwith” following the signing of a pardon document by President Donald Trump earlier this month.

This year produced a seemingly endless array of history-making events and nearly constant change to immigration policy, tariffs, the Education Department and federal health care programs.

From hyperlocal land-use controversies to the Trump administration’s attacks on the rule of law, here are the hot-button issues addressed in Newsline's five most-read commentaries of the year.

Anti-Trump protests. Federal fallout. Tina Peters. Here is a selection of Colorado Newsline’s most-read and most-shared news stories of 2025. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Federal prosecutors have sent a million more pages related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the Department of Justice, which plans to release them in the coming weeks, officials said Wednesday. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Commentary: Colorado passed first-in-the-nation legislation requiring warning labels on gas stoves in June 2025. By opposing these labels in a lawsuit, the gas industry is weaponizing the First Amendment to undermine a commonsense regulation. By @profalankchen.bsky.social @theconversation.com

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House last month, killing one, was charged in federal court Wednesday, moving the case out of the local court system. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social

GOP reversals in this year’s elections, especially in some urban and immigrant communities, are setting off alarm bells for Republicans using redistricting to try to keep control of Congress in next year’s midterms. By @timhenderson.bsky.social @stateline.org

President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday afternoon in a major setback for the president. By @fischler.bsky.social

Colorado state Rep. William Lindstedt will move to the state Senate to take the seat formerly occupied by Sen. Faith Winter, who died in a car crash in November. By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

The U.S. Department of Justice early Tuesday released thousands more files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with several referencing President Donald Trump.

Democratic states sue Trump administration for attempts to defund consumer watchdog agency

Nationwide, state judges are poised to play a pivotal role in adjudicating legal challenges to redistricting maps, which have been drafted to maximize partisan advantage for either Republicans or Democrats, depending on the state. By @jonshorman.bsky.social @stateline.org

The Democratic AGs of 21 states, including Colorado, and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration for its attempts to defund the Obama-era federal agency created to protect Americans from consumer fraud and discriminatory lending. By @miamaldonado.bsky.social @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Saying that “selling national parks was never on the table,” Utah Sen. Mike Lee is no longer proposing a change to federal legislation that drew heavy criticism from conservation groups, his office said Friday. From @utahnewsdispatch.com

Colorado officials are urging the Trump administration to reconsider its denial of disaster declarations that would have opened up federal funding to support wildfire and flood recovery in the state. By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social

ICYMI: Department of Justice releases new documents, photos as part of Epstein files

ICYMI: An immigration judge Sunday ordered the release on bond of detained Colorado immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra, held by ICE in Aurora for nine months.

As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world. Should retailers round up or down? From @stateline.org

A judge ordered that federal officials must release Colorado immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra on bond, according to her legal team.

Colorado state Sen. Faith Winter’s blood alcohol level was above the legal limit when she died in a car crash the night before Thanksgiving, according to the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office. The Arapahoe sheriff determined she was at fault for the crash. By @sarawilson.bsky.social

NEW: Immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra went before a judge Friday for a bond hearing at the ICE detention facility in Aurora where she has been detained for nine months. Her lawyers hope to have a ruling on her release within days. By @sarawilson.bsky.social

Commentary: The plan to dismantle NCAR is the latest abuse of federal resources located in Colorado.

Colorado State Treasurer Dave Young on Friday dropped his bid for Colorado’s highly competitive 8th Congressional District seat. By @lindseytoomer.bsky.social