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WASHINGTON—A deeply divided Congress will return to work this week, pushing ahead with partisan priorities in the Senate and House while also gearing up for a fight over how lawmakers will address raising the debt ceiling before a potential default later this year. The Senate, narrowly controlled by Democrats as it opens its new session, is expected to focus primarily on confirming President Biden’s executive and judicial nominees in the coming weeks. Immigration is emerging as one area of possible compromise after a…

Photo: Eraldo Peres (AP)Facebook and YouTube are removing content supporting or praising the riots from anti-democratic protestors that broke out in Brazil’s capital over the weekend. Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the government buildings in Brasilia, leaving a wake of destruction behind them.The riots mirror the one that took place in the U.S. on January 6, 2021 following Joe Biden’s presidential win over former President Donald Trump.Footage and comments supporting the…

Office tenants are examining how much space they really need in the pandemic-driven shift to remote work and that has caused vacancy rates to surge in metro Denver and across the country. Colorado’s Health Capitol has found a way to fill up vacant space, save nonprofits significant money on their leases and create a venue for in-person collaboration across different organizations. “Now is the peak time to get cheap rents, but the secret sauce to this is the community,” said Jake Williams, CEO of Healthier Colorado, who…

A Virginia man was sentenced to five months in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to four misdemeanor counts last year in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. According to WUSA, Antionne Brodnax, who goes by the rap name Bugzie the Don, took a photo of himself smoking a blunt while sitting atop an SUV seemingly during the Capitol riot. The image was later used as the album cover for his 2021 album The Capital. Prosecutors requested a prison sentence of 21 months, citing previous convictions for manufacturing a…

A Denver developer has purchased a site in Cap Hill where it plans an 18-story apartment building. Trailbreak Partners paid $12.04 million last week for two parcels at the northeast corner of 8th Avenue and Lincoln Street, according to public records. The combined site is 0.79 acres, making the deal worth $350 a square foot. Jake Malman of Malman Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer. Todd Snyder of NAI Shames Makovsky represented the seller. Trailbreak submitted development plans for the site to the city in May,…

Daily Net Change in Republican Party Identification from June 2020 to March 2021. Note: Values below zero indicate a net decrease in users with Republican identity terms compared with the previous day. LOESS regression included for reference. Credit: American Political Science Review (2022). DOI: 10.1017/S0003055422001058 The attack on the US Congress building in January 2021 was a violent manifestation of the deep political…

In the US, we are feeling the sickening after-effects of an attempted insurrection committed by people, many of whom, before that day, had never acted against their country or shown the least sign of being violent. What’s happening over here? Good question. And the truth is, nobody knows.But here’s one way of looking at it: these people were told a false story and acted on it, with a level of passion and violence that would suggest true belief.That false story – a set of false stories, really, bundled together – came to…

The House Jan. 6 committee voted unanimously Thursday to subpoena Donald Trump, demanding the former president’s personal testimony as it unveiled startling new video from his closest aides describing his multi-part plan to overturn his 2020 election loss that resulted in the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol. “We must seek the testimony under oath of January 6’s central player,” said Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the committee’s vice chair. Trump is almost certain to fight the…

Last call for staplers and printer paper. Office Depot plans to close its store at 616 E. Colfax Ave. in the Cap Hill neighborhood. Large “Closing” signs have been posted on the building. An employee working Wednesday said the store’s last day will be Dec. 10. The store opened in December 2012, according to Denver Post coverage at the time. Office Depot corporate did not respond to a request for additional information. The company is owned by Florida-based The ODP Corp., which also owns OfficeMax. The Cap Hill closure…

SACRAMENTO —  After the #MeToo movement revealed a described culture of rampant workplace misconduct in the state Capitol, legislative leaders announced the creation of an independent panel of legal experts to handle employees’ complaints of discrimination and harassment. The Workplace Conduct Unit’s policy pledges to protect staffers from discrimination, harassment and retaliation and its investigators are tasked with conducting “prompt, independent and objective investigations” into allegations of inappropriate…