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Friday, May 9, 2025

Trump floats cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of meeting as he looks to deescalate trade war

President Trump has floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting as he looks to deescalate the trade war.

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Four big dynamics drove Colorado lawmakers’ session — from defending against Trump to boosting affordability

During the 120-day Colorado legislative session, Democrats pushed through policies on gun rights, trans rights and immigration. Here’s a look at other dynamics.

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Gov. Jared Polis’ coming labor bill veto will strain Democrat’s labor ties — and set stage for ballot fight

Gov. Jared Polis is set to veto a pro-union bill that Democratic lawmakers have urged him to sign, escalating his increasingly contentious relationship with organized labor in Colorado and setting the stage for a 2026 ballot fight.

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Honduran mother wins asylum case but remains in federal custody

A crowd of two dozen people rallied to release Carla Medina, a detained Honduran mother, from Aurora’s ICE detention center after she won her asylum case.

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Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC

Pirro co-hosts the network’s show “The Five” on weekday evenings.

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Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order

The Defense Department will begin going through medical records to identify who hasn’t come forward.

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2 state legislators’ cars vandalized in Colorado Capitol parking lot

Cars belonging to Democrat Rep. Sean Camacho and Republican Sen. Bryon Pelton were damaged Wednesday night, according to Colorado State Patrol.

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New apartments at edge of Lakewood’s Belmar Park win planning OK after long-running controversy

The Lakewood Planning Commission has approved a proposed apartment building at the edge of Belmar Park that spurred a yearslong debate, a lawsuit and changes to the city’s land-use code.

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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

A judge had blocked Trump from putting an early end to the immigrants’ temporary legal status.

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White House overhaul of troubled US air traffic control system will cost ‘lots of billions’