The young British journalist knows his timing is good. Timothy Stanley is at Politics and Prose, a trendy independent bookstore in northwest D.C. , to promote his new tome The Crusader: The Tumultuous Life and Times of Pat Buchanan. Yet he possesses the m

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is leading a congressional delegation to Egypt this weekend and will meet with the head of the Egyptian military in an effort to resolve the crisis over the prosecution of American NGO workers in Cairo, he said Wednesday. McCain s

The First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe has ordered oil-and-gas industry representatives to stop pursuing changes in New Mexico’s ‘pit rule’ at the state Oil Conservation Division until court processes are completed. The First Judicial District Cou

Sean Parnell saying Tuesday that he remains firmly committed to his legislation rolling back taxes, and state senators just as sure that they are right to rej

CAMDEN, Maine — Bill Richardson — a former New Mexico governor, U.S. Secretary of Energy and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations — will be the keynote speaker for the 25th annual Camden Conference that kicks off Friday night, Feb. 17. This year’s confe

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WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: William P. Doyle – Commissioner, Federal Maritime Commission Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr. – Chairman, Federal Maritime Commissi

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb. 7, 2012 - WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit today against the State of New Mexico for killing and injuring wolves listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. The state permits trapping in the Mexican gray wolf re

It is anyone's guess how negotiations might proceed with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, who inherited his late father’s power in December. But if history is any guide, talking to North Korea’s government will be a bit like yelling at a barricaded gate. Commu

SANTA FE, NM, Feb. 3, 2012 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its annual census of Mexican gray wolves today, reporting that 58 wolves currently roam the Greater Gila Bioregion in New Mexico and Arizona, an increase of 8 animals from 2010. "T

Miguel Marquez will join CNN as a correspondent based in Los Angeles, it was announced today by Terence Burke, vice president of newsgathering for CNN/U.S. Marquez returns to CNN from ABC News, where he served as a correspondent from May 2005. During his

On the sidelines of the recent World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, former New Mexico Governor and U.S. Secretary of Energy, Bill Richardson was meeting with foreign officials, business leaders and members of the press to advocate for clean energy on

The on-again, off-again effort by the Obama administration to begin preliminary peace talks with the Taliban is still struggling to get off the ground. The first move focuses on a statement by the Taliban against international terrorism and in support of

Research by the LSU AgCenter is the reason ConAgra built a state-of-the-art sweet potato-processing facility near Delhi, state Senator Francis Thompson, of Delhi, said at a farm forum. “If we don’t have research, we can’t produce jobs,” Thompson said at

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A former spokesman for ex-Gov. Bill Richardson is fighting with the state over unemployment benefits. While working for Richardson, Gilbert Gallegos earned more than $115,000 in his state job. The Albuquerque Journal reports Gal

Climate change and population growth are both stressing the planet’s freshwater supply. Our experts debate the tough choices scientists, politicians, and the general public will have to make to adapt to a world where water could outstrip fuel as the most

Tuesday’s New York Times provided two more entries to the paper’s already-bulging “Name that Party” file, wherein the paper leaves off the party affiliation of Democrats who find themselves in legal or ethical trouble, yet readily names controversial Rep

ALBUQUERQUE — A former financial adviser for the State of New Mexico told his partners at a secretly taped meeting that close associates to Bill Richardson , then the governor, controlled where they would invest the state’s money, according to a lawsuit.