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Littwin UPDATE: Now we wait for Hick’s next move. Hint: It...

Editor's note: This story was updated Aug. 15 to reflect John Hickenlooper's announcement he will not seek the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. This was...

The Indy 500: Alice Madden is the first high-profile woman in...

For those cheering Alice Madden’s decision to join the already-crowded U.S. Senate Democratic primary race — my scorecard has Madden, the former state House...

Littwin: Will somebody please tell Cory Gardner that Republicans lost in...

Excuse me if I take the local angle on the huge national story, in which Democrat Doug Jones shocked the political world by getting...

Littwin: GOP rebels were in full voice, but that doesn’t mean...

It’s not clear if what we have here is the beginning of the revolution or — and this is my guess — the lonely...

Littwin: Chances for Obamacare repeal may be up in the air,...

Whether or not this is the final act of Obamacare, it is is playing out pretty much as expected in the dysfunctional Republican Senate,...

What repealing Obamacare would mean for one rural Colorado hospital

San Luis Valley Health Regional Medical Center in Alamosa is a small hospital, with only 49 beds. But it is the only hospital within...

Despite Gardner vote, US Senate fails to revoke Obama methane rule

The U.S. Senate failed this morning to repeal an Obama-era methane rule, instead voting to preserve regulations which limit oil and gas-related methane emissions...

In Cory Gardner’s Yuma

YUMA, Colorado  — If you want to see the American political divide up close, pull up a chair around noon to the bar of...

Littwin: Nevertheless, #shepersisted. So must we all.

Mitch McConnell, the wiliest of wily old politicians, made the un-wiliest move imaginable on the Senate floor. And all it did — besides needlessly...

What was U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn doing campaigning at CU...

Colorado Republican U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn, looking to make up ground on Election Day in his uphill battle against Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet,...