Denver Post: Politics

WASHINGTON  — President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges as potential Supreme Court nominees who would fulfill his campaign pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court, according to aides and allies.

Denver leaders have approved paying a $500,000 settlement to a Black college student who attorneys say needed stitches and suffered vision problems after a Denver police officer shot him in the eye with a foam projectile during the 2020 George Floyd protests in the city.

In the nearly two months since a conservative majority of justices on the Supreme Court indicated openness to dramatic new restrictions on abortion, money has poured into the political fundraising arm of the anti-abortion group Susan B.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By Michael D. Shear, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland, The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Dr. Rochelle Walensky was stunned. Working from her home outside Boston on a Friday night in late July, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had just learned from members of her staff that vaccinated Americans were spreading the coronavirus.

A few years ago, you might not have known where the catalytic converter on your car was located, let alone what it did. But now, with increasing thefts of these emission-control devices across the country, people have become more aware of them — and their value.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The number of people in metro Denver who reported experiencing first-time homelessness in 2021 nearly doubled over 2020, according to a new report.
And people of color make up a disproportionately high percentage of the unhoused in the Denver area, the report found.

WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion protesters began to gather Friday in the nation’s capital with spirits high and a sense that the country has reached a pivotal moment that could lead to a sweeping rollback of abortion rights in many states.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will try to talk anxious Americans through the challenges of delivering on his lengthy to-do list as he holds a rare news conference to mark his first year in office and asks for patience with recent setbacks to his lofty agenda.

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration plans to significantly expand efforts to stave off catastrophic wildfires that have torched areas of the U.S. West by more aggressively thinning forests around areas called “hotspots” where nature and neighborhoods collide.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

There has been significant turnover at the top of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration as the term-limited mayor enters his final full calendar year in office. Last week, Hancock nominated new leaders for the city’s human services and excise and licenses departments.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share