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Sunday, July 12, 2026

Spending topped $67 million in key Colorado primary races. But big money didn’t always win.

That is roughly how much was spent on Colorado’s competitive statewide and federal primaries — and almost all of it went to influence Democrat-versus-Democrat contests, a Post analysis found.

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Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trump’s troubled revamp

The president initially suggested his renovations would last a century.

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Detainees tell their lawyer an ICE officer shot a Houston driver through a passenger window

Witnesses dispute official ICE claims regarding the fatal shooting of a Houston man.

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Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for Colorado governor, has an unusual backstory. Here’s what to know.

First-time political candidate Victor Marx pulled off a narrow win in the Republican primary for Colorado governor. Here’s a look at the unorthodox candidate and his unusual background.

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Trump will let bipartisan housing bill become law without signing in protest over GOP voter ID law

He had 10 days to issue a veto and stop the measure.

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Donald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process

The commission distributes federal grants to states, oversees testing of voting systems and more.

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US demands Iran publicly state that Strait of Hormuz is open and Tehran won’t attack ships anymore

The strikes hit as Iran prepared to bury the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.