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Holder wrong, Obama could pull pot out of legal limbo

Colorado's Amendment 64 made recreational pot legal in the state last year but marijuana remains an illegal on the federal level. That's a problem...

Wiretap: Looking at de Blasio

In the wake of the killings of two New York City police officers, the rift between the mayor the police union may make it...

Littwin: We’re having the race conversation

If you believe the polls, or watch cable TV news, you may be halfway convinced that race relations in America have somehow grown worse...

Wiretap: Moving over, Eric Holder

Eric Holder has announced his resignation, but he'll be here for a while still. He won't go until there's a replacement, and a replacement, particularly if Republicans take the Senate, won't come easy.

Wiretap: On Ferguson, where are the rest of the Democrats?

  We understood the difficulties Barack Obama faced in addressing race and police in Ferguson, Mo., and how he had to tread carefully. But where...

Littwin: The elephant not in the room

  IT WAS, once again, a headline-free Republican primary debate, meaning that the winner was, once again, Tom Tancredo. Bob Beauprez was folksy. Mike Kopp...

Littwin: Pure primary gold

  FIRST Mecca. Now the White House. Tom Tancredo, the self-admitted bomb thrower, is running for governor of Colorado by going all incendiary on Barack Obama,...

Gay marriage in Denver: What happened, what’s happening this month at...

  DENVER-- A panel of three judges at the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals here last week grilled lawyers presenting arguments in a Utah...

Colorado lawmakers cheer new federal guidelines on pot-industry finances

The Department of Justice and the Treasury Department released guidelines aimed at smoothing the way for banks to start doing business with pot shops in Colorado.

Pot industry looking forward to getting cash out of shops and...

  Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday said the Obama administration will soon announce rules that would make banking services available to legal marijuana businesses....
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