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(Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant) With brother Charles on hand to hold her coffee, Eileen English picks up a print from Silver City artist Mariah Walker during the first downtown Makers Market of the season at Main Street Plaza on Saturday. Harmony exists. That’s the word from two outdoor market managers who coordinate separate, simultaneous events Saturday mornings in downtown Silver City. Organized by the Future Forge Makerspace, the  Makers Market held its first event of its second se...

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Romney avoids censure after speech interrupted by boos at Utah GOP convention 11:10 a.m. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Saturday stepped on stage to give a speech at the Utah Republican Partys organizing convention, but he had trouble getting going amid boos and jeers from the audience, members of which were still upset about his votes to convict former President Donald Trump in both of his impeachment trials. Romney tried to reason with the crowd, stating that "you know me as a person who says w...

"Is Tucker Carlson losing his mind?" Politicos Playbook team asked Tuesday morning. "As careful students of his evening show, weve noticed that Carlson has gradually become more unhinged in recent weeks," devoting "enormous attention" to Jan. 6 insurrection truthers, laughing maniacally after Derek Chauvins guilty verdict, "and under the banner of Then, on Monday night, "Carlson made a comment that was beyond the pale even for him, and especially strange for a self-styled anti-nanny state lib...

Biden to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors President Biden is set to sign an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors, the White House has announced. Bidens order will require that federal contractors be paid a minimum of $15 an hour, an increase from $10.95 an hour, officials said. The order will set a deadline of Jan. 30, 2022 for agencies to incorporate this wage into new contract solicitations, according to the White House, as well as a deadl...

Anthony Hopkins, who was asleep when he won an Oscar, belatedly accepts it from Wales 8:30 a.m. Looking for more closure after the Oscars shockingly anticlimactic ending? Youll need to head over to Anthony Hopkins Instagram page. The actor posted a video from Wales early on Monday to accept his Best Actor Oscar after not being there to do so during the Academy Awards jaw-dropping conclusion. Hopkins become the oldest actor to ever win an Oscar. "At 83 years of age, I did not expect to get this...

Is Biden too boring for Republicans to beat? 8:33 a.m. President Biden hits the traditionally symbolic first-100-days mark of his presidency this week, and "it has dawned on Republicans that the man their standard-bearer once mocked as Sleepy Joe is a formidable adversary," Jonathan Chait writes in New York on Monday. "And the quality that has made him so effective up to this point is, well, his sleepiness." Before Bidens immediate predecessor, the last handful of presidents were "nice," but B...

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Cedric Richmond-backed Troy Carter will fill Louisianas vacant House seat after special election win Louisiana State Sen. Troy Carter defeated fellow Democrat and state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson (no relation) in a special election in the states 2nd congressional district to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), whos now a senior adviser to President Biden. Carter had Richmonds backing, as well as the support of top leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus, ...

Bidens 100-day approval ratings solid but heavily partisan 11:02 a.m. President Biden is drawing mostly favorable reviews as he nears his 100th day in office, new polls show. But the surveys still suggest theres a deep partisan divide across the United States. A CBS News/YouGov poll found that 58 percent of Americans approve of Bidens job overall, while a Washington Post/ABC News poll pegs the figure at a similar, but slightly less rosy 52 percent. Both surveys registered low marks for Biden a...