Weslan Hansen, Journalist

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MeriTalk

Shutdown Leaves Cyber Info Sharing in Legal Limbo, Experts Warn

Trump Vows to Pursue Federal Funding Freezes After SCOTUS Decision

State AI Moratorium Eroding Reconciliation Bill Support

House Votes to Reopen DHS, Ending Historic Partial Shutdown

White House Alleges China Running Mass AI Distillation to Copy US Tech

Trump Signs Order to Preempt State AI Laws and Push Single Federal Framework

Quantum Sector Shifts Toward Early-Stage Commercialization

OMB Orders Agencies to Ensure AI Is ‘Truthful’ and ‘Unbiased’ by Spring

TikTok’s Ownership Changed, Lawmakers Want to Know What Didn’t

We Took the Government’s Free AI Training – Here’s What We Learned

AI Civil Rights Act Returns as GOP Weighs Another Moratorium

CISA Loses Workers as DHS Shutdown Drags On, Acting Director Says

Tech Giants Sign Trump’s ‘Ratepayer Protection Pledge’ on AI Data Center Power

Inaugural Senate Crypto Panel Hearing Tackles Stablecoin Regulations

Trump Leaves Door Open for Musk on DOGE Work

Trump Approves 10-Day Extension for FISA Section 702 Amid Privacy Debate

Quantum Complacency Could Be Catastrophic, Lawmakers Told

Trump Orders Nuclear Push to Power AI Data Centers

The Durango Herald

Boebert touts legislative wins that Biden vows to veto

Sen. Michael Bennet pushes for re-expansion of child tax credit as poverty rates rise

Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper call for multilevel government and agency action on tribal access to clean water

Sen. Michael Bennet, others introduce bipartisan legislation that would create a children’s immigration court

House passes legislation to improve water shortages in Colorado, Southwest region

Tribal leaders and advocates call for more land protection

CNN

Former US Capitol Police officer on trial for allegedly telling rioter to delete evidence related to attack

Family of five sentenced for storming the US Capitol on January 6

Ex-USCP officer charged with obstructing January 6 probe testifies in his own defense

Current: News for People in Public Media

Podcast explores how racism of Jim Crow era afflicted generations of journalist’s family

WTTW brings first-person perspectives to yearlong coverage of homelessness

‘On Our Watch’ investigates misconduct in California’s New Folsom prison