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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

A judge told Gov. Jared Polis not to comply with an ICE subpoena. Polis’ attorneys say he still wants to.

In court filings, ?Gov. Jared Polis’ private attorneys have said they intend to turn over records on 10 businesses that employed several sponsors of unaccompanied children to ICE.

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Stuck in Aurora ICE facility, more detainees are agreeing to leave the U.S. voluntarily

The government’s goal, lawyers argue, is to create conditions inside ICE facilities that push immigrants to voluntarily leave or to accept a deportation order.

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The Denver Post stops paying rent to city for downtown building as newspaper seeks to buy out lease

DP Media Network LLC, the newspaper’s legal name, has offered to buy out its lease with the city and hopes to reach a mutually beneficial arrangement.

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Former Colorado Amazon driver sues civil rights agency for dropping her case after Trump’s executive order

The lawsuit is the latest example of workers scrambling to find recourse as agencies abandon their cases.

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Man pardoned after storming Capitol is charged with threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries

Christopher Moynihan is charged with a felony count of making a terroristic threat.

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Trump administration seeks to cut nearly 200 Colorado jobs at federal public land, science agencies

The planned cuts were outlined in a filing made public Monday in an ongoing federal court case stemming from a lawsuit by two labor unions seeking to halt the layoffs.

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Trump isn’t sending troops to cities with highest crime rates, data shows

Legal battles