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Wiretap: AG Sessions is onto something new, targeting agreements on police...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has moved from illegal immigration to another contentious topic — police violence.  And the outcry may be nearly as loud....

Wiretap: A new front opens on Trump wiretap story, but did...

The bizarre Trump wiretap story just got a little crazier. Republican Devin Nunes, chairman of a House permanent subcommittee on intelligence, says he learned...

Wiretap: How is Trump handling all the latest bad news? He’s...

How is Donald Trump reacting to the leaks, the setbacks, the accusations, the newspapers, the cable news shows? How do you think? The Washington Post...

Wiretap: The new attorney general did meet with Russians; he just...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions had at least two meetings with the Russian ambassador during the Trump campaign. When asked during his confirmation meetings, he...

Obama’s lasting legacies in the West

This story originally appeared in High Country News. Eight years ago, President-elect Barack Obama wanted Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar to be his Interior secretary. David...

Wiretap: Remembering Carrie Fisher, fighting Trump on climate and mapping U.S....

Turn up the heat California didn't just give Donald Trump a 4-million-vote trouncing in the November election. It now promises to take Trump on again,...

Wiretap: Echo chambers, a failing dam and the corporate tax cuts...

Twitter war The new media: Barack Obama says on a podcast with his old pal David Axelrod that he would have beaten Donald Trump for...

Wiretap: Will the Electoral College change the course of history?

Electoral revolt? Today is the big day, when the Electoral College meets to determine our next president. Is it really possible that a majority of...

Can Trump undo Obama’s policies?

This story first appeared in High Country News.  One week after the presidential election, on a summery November day, I phoned Denver-based climate activist Jeremy...

Littwin: Don’t worry. It’s gonna get worse.

We're a little more than a week into the Donald Trump pre-presidency, and things are shaping up pretty much as expected. Lots of chaos....