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The opening day of New Mexico’s 60-day legislative session brought changes to the Roundhouse committee landscape.

In 2024, only 17% of registered voters in New Mexico cast their ballots in the state’s primary elections. More than 300,000 registered New Mexican voters—roughly a quarter of the state’s registered voting population—are currently blocked outright from participating in primaries.

It was a historic day in Washington, D.C., as Donald Trump was inaugurated Monday as the 47th President of the United States.

There’s a chance for me to help protect my girls from legislators and from laws that want to control their bodies.”

The Republican Party of New Mexico is starting the new year with an ambitious goal: register 25,000 new voters in 2025. "Throughout all of 2024, the Republican Party of New Mexico outpaced the state Democratic Party in new voter registrations," the party wrote in a fundraising pitch. "With your support, we can pick up the pace even more this year!"

The executive order will direct the secretary of the interior to change the name to "Gulf of America” for use on official maps and throughout the federal government, according to the New York Post, which first reported the news. Trump has nominated Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to the Department of Interior.