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Your daily Colorado politics update for Wednesday, July 29
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Deadline passes for Trump to ask Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship ruling

President Donald Trump vowed to seek a rehearing shortly after the opinion handed him a loss.

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Watch live: Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky subpoenaed Fauci to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday.

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Democrats target 13 races as they lay out path to win supermajorities in Colorado legislature

Democrats are just one seat shy of a 2-to-1 supermajority in both the Colorado House and the Senate. The national party’s state legislative arm unveiled a plan Wednesday to win more seats.

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Denver City Council weighs new ‘slavery acknowledgement’ that would be read at start of meetings

The acknowledgement, which would be read in conjunction with the council’s land acknowledgement and the Pledge of Allegiance, also references segregation, Jim Crow laws and the Ku Klux Klan.

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Colorado lawmakers said no to private equity for law firms — but most attempts to rein it in have faltered

Colorado lawmakers have run into philosophical opposition and worries that too big of a swing at private equity could wound businesses and communities on the periphery.

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Republican-turned-independent Greg Lopez makes ballot for governor. Will that complicate Victor Marx’s path?

Greg Lopez, a former Republican congressman and repeat gubernatorial candidate, has qualified for the 2026 ballot for Colorado governor as an independent candidate, state officials said Tuesday.

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Kentucky governor demands that McConnell prove he is fit to serve or resign

“I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky.”